Hi all, My name is James and located in New York City. 

Like all cities, Birmingham features different submarkets.

All of this being said, part of the plan is to purchase my neighbor's 4.5 acres to give me complete control of almost 14 acres off a major city/county road that connects to a major Texas highway in the DFW area.

Hi BP community,I’m an out-of-state investor currently looking at a specific property in Kansas City, MO, in the Eastwood Hills East and Coachlight Square area (northwest of Raytown).

Story:While looking into buying some land I stumbled upon a commercial building that was the first bank in the city.

The city's appreciation, vacancy rate, cap rates are truly unparalleled when compared to the other markets you’ve mentioned.

There are multiple billion dollar companies dumping money into the city, such as Intel, Google, Honda, and Amazon.

I would also recommend looking at cities close to Greenville, like Anderson, Easley, & Simpsonville as well since Greenville can be competitive unless you are looking at off-market deals.Also the non-occupancy tax would be based on the tax assessed value of the property and not the income it produces.

Talk to some of the Realtors in the city and ask them to define where the neighborhoods are and which neighborhoods they think are best.

What part of the city are you located in?