I invest heavily in Tacoma and there are tons of deals in Tacoma.

Chinese arnt buying for ROI, or else they wouldn't be heavily investing in places like LA and SF.

I actually set up an alert for the richmond area because I was looking heavily into it.

David Soest remember that the tax code is written to heavily favor real estate ownership.

While you can ONLY see the upside of having the Federal Jobs market heavily invest in the area, I have noted that when these Federal Agencies choose their new communities, they make the chosen one and break the others. 

I am marketing heavily in Fairfield and Vacaville.Thanks, Pierre

Bought a house with VA loan in hometown (Ellwood City), market in the area continued to decline due to areas nearby stealing the life out of it IMO (Chippewa Township for example).Due to various factors, made decision to pay down heavily the last year, got out from underwater, and recently sold it on 4/22 and walked away with a small amount of proceeds.I know that with an FHA loan, if you eventually convert it to a conventional loan, you can reapply for another FHA loan.  

Lending is still pretty heavily regulated and the purse strings have not been loosened all that much.

As a Realtor, Here is my advised IF you do decide to wholesale and and are reported for "equity stripping" you will lose your license and get fined heavily.

They learn "long term" is really, really, really long and don't have the patience to wait it out for 20 to 30 years for the loan to be paid off.In 13 years heavily involved in the investment community in Houston I have never heard a landlord brag about his rentals, the income they generate, and the lifestyle they create unless they owned a minimum of 15 to 20 doors.