Granted you have the inner city with D neighborhoods, high crime and ultra-low prices (which is sometimes what people know Milwaukee for), but then you have the complete opposite: a booming downtown lakefront market with serveral new highrises and lot's of construction, trendy urban neighborhoods like the Third Ward with rents often in the $2-3k range, or booming suburbs like Oak Creek, Menomonee Falls or  Brookfield, where it's hard to keep up with new shopping and restaurants.

So a couple of weeks ago I see an ad on Facebook for a company called Moo.com that does stationary and business cards etcetera.They said they made ultra high-end cards, with extra high-quality print and paper.

Purchase price: $156,500 Cash invested: $45,000 Sale price: $281,000 This 4 Bedroom 2 Bathroom Chandler home boasts upgrades!

Purchase price: $156,500 Cash invested: $45,000 Sale price: $281,000 This 4 Bedroom 2 Bathroom Chandler home boasts upgrades!

I deal with ultra high net worth individuals on a daily basis buying large multifamily and also commercial retail NNN and retail strip centers etc.

Both areas boast a very broad based economy, perfect weather, a variety of things to do from sports, recreation, amusements, theater, cultural events, etc.

On the flip side, you could look at the mill buildings in Manchester which boast millions of square feet of commercial space, have dozens or hundreds of tenants, and have eight digit price tags.  

First is that DD comes at a price because they charge the sponsors (and sometimes/often the investors) fees, and those fees will ultimately be deal costs so it does impact the investment return to some extent.Second, I wouldn't place an ultra-high value on the DD they conduct, it isn't really all that extensive in a lot of cases. 

People need to have different expectations for a property that is solely an investment with 20-25% down versus a property they will occupy with an ultra low down payment, PMI and the such.

I was living in Paris and it was ultra-safe as it gave a guaranteed rate of return.