By any chance did you grow up in/around South Memphis? 

Also, What do you consider growing to a moderate size?

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I think a stronger economy will lead to more demand and higher values in growing areas.

It wasn’t a massive deal—our expected assignment fee was $10,000—but when you’re growing a business, every opportunity matters.Everything seemed to be moving smoothly until the title search revealed a major roadblock: the mortgage discharge couldn’t be cleared because the person who needed to sign off was deceased.

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

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We want to grow our real estate business to be able to quit our jobs.

It's an amazing place to learn and grow in real estate.

This is verified based on the good schools, department stores opening up (Costco, Target etc.) as well as verified investment from Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys owner) and the city to grow the population.