@An Lan I’ve lived in many cities where overseas investors do this.

If that's the case, check out some of the economic data about what cities have strong job and population growth.

Also if your condo HOA doesn't stop you the City of Plano might. 

I got a call from the Warren City hall and they reported pipes bursting and the whole driveway is flooded on initial reports.

If they are separate, permits would have been pulled and the city will have records of those permits.  

One land speculation I bought 4 acres in sonoma County CA ( wine country) in 96 for 27k it was unbuildable at the time ( could not get a septic system on it) Well city grew to us The Graton Casino comes in right across the street and we sold a few years ago for over 2 mil to a land assemblage investment company.

@Michael Baum @Grant Woodward @John Underwood @Bruce Woodruff @Terry Ouimet   @Andrew Street @Patricia Andriolo-Bull @Andrew Steffens @Jake Baker Appreciate all the valuable input from your experience!  

In some of the big cities (speaking in Canada), you have people who want to live in Toronto or Vancouver, but they can't afford the rent with their lifestyle...and they don't want to move.   

Most of the tax experts who specialize in real estate work completely virtually these days.That said, a local CPA probably does have an edge if your state has state income tax and especially if your city has a local tax on top of it.

I work as an acquisitions associate with BPG Holdings, a local real estate investment fund in Alexandria, and also work as a realtor for our fund's brokerage team, assisting clients with investment properties in the D.C. metro area.I've recently created a series of reports focused on the city of Alexandria and its sub-market development prospects, which I believe alongside other macro trends will make the city an amazing buy-and-hold investment for real estate investors.