The town was built in the early 1900's and was a boom town through the 1990's.It is not that the town is lacking small businesses that want or able to lease these spaces, it is that it is a small town, and the businesses cannot spend thousands of dollars on rent, or renovations. 

the market I'm inn has skyrocketed in price as of last year. I'm afraid to jump on a deal and have the prices correct themselves within the year. What factors do you look at that show you the prices are bound to stay ...

Texas is (I won't say immune.) highly resistant to the bubble or boom-and-bust phenomenon that occurs in many of the larger markets.  

As far as Jobs goes Nashville is booming right now with tons of business coming in to town.

What works for the individual is always key, however Ca. does have a boom/bust market, as you have experienced.  

(but we told another buyer he could have first dips) he looked at it made an offer and boom. just waitiing to close :) @John Britt thanks so much!

Really a guy who works at the tax collectors office told me some mortgage companies use the highest tax payment ( March)  for escrow and then pay early ( November) and pocket the difference...

Philadelphia is experiencing a boom of millennials moving into the city and they all want to be in the middle of the action, and you don't get any closer than Center City.

With the boom of the entrepreneur era at an all time high.....no wonder we see so many "newbies" trying to get into REI.

Boom.