Besides, the project is HQ2 not a mega-fulfillment center. 

Let me suggest a smaller multi-tenant property like a strip center or office building with multiple suites or even mixed use.

Our whole business is centered around getting them on a path to homeownership. 

There is a UDFI calculator in our website Learning Center you can use to run some scenarios and compare a leveraged investment to an all cash investment.

I mean I am amazed at how expensive some condos are going for in places like Indianapolis and Boise for example compared to the prices just a few miles away from the city center. 

Most importantly, does any of these submarkets have any economic anchors  like state government, major universities, major health care centers, or manufacturers that are independent of the economy like military suppliers that employs most of the residents of that submarket?

@Jackson Long Something like this might work to promote your medical center rentals.

The average price declined 2.1 percent to $270,303.The HAR sales report indicated a decrease in upper-end sales.Check out the the Center's fourth quarter 2017 housing report for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land for more data. 

Anyways, I have a VA loan on a townhome in the Independence town center area of VB and I was wondering if anyone had experience renting with a VA loan or do I need to refinance.

No it just doesn't work in CA 99% of the time especially in the population centers.