That is speculating and not investing.Numbers work going in and the rest is icing on the cake if it happens and if not you hit your goals anyway.It seems the primary reason you are buying is for a home for the family to live in so the investment portion seems like a much less important detail than the emotional component from what you have said so far.Maybe just view this property as a happy family home purchase and then if you like the area once you live there look around for properties where you buy just off of investment from the additional cash flow with the low mortgage payment.

All of the major components can be and are outsourced or spec'ed out to 3rd party OEM's. 

I'm getting married next month, and have been feeling the pressure to buy a condo, that would serve as a home base for me and my wife when I'm in between international assignments (10 days each 4 months) and would hold me and my wife's things (wedding gifts, furniture etc)My biggest problem is that we would only live in the condo about 20% of year, as we would be traveling abroad as part of my job.

I get calls from international clients all the time.

(See problem #1) That being said the nissan probably has more internal room than my truck does even with the big 4 doors.

Target industries include IT/data, logistics/warehousing and advanced manufacturing.South Bend being a college town with several Universities/Colleges (Notre Dame obviously being the largest one) creates student housing opportunities for approximately 20,000 plus students among all the institutions.All this spells opportunity and many out of town, out of state and even international investors have and continue to try and claim their stake.As indicated by @Immanuel Price and @Aaron Linden the University of Notre Dame in partnership with the City of South Bend has contributed a lot to the revitalization of the City that is bringing new jobs and the need for new housing.

He gets back to me with a "discounted" bid from his internal architect and engineer of $2 sqft to get everything done.

Rotarian for 12+ years and love international projects and helping out in my local community.

Rotarian for 12+ years and love international projects and helping out in my local community.

Through market data I can't see internal or structural issues so considering the homes in this area are older that may be the culprit for the price inconsistency.