My advice is, don't go west, but find your triangle in strong, vibrant and growing areas.

Its great to see such a vibrant city bouncing back.

@Harriet BaldwinWelcome aboard the vibrant BP community.

If the whole block is residential and retail, there is a potential for a vibrant neighborhood, which equals a good pool of tenants and market rents. 

I'm hearing that there is a mini tech driven boom in that area due to tech companies moving in and the thriving startup ecosystem.

I deal with on a daily basis, individuals who are entirely incompetent, representing reasonably competent people, and I have to believe that the nearly non-existent barriers to entry and the recent romanticism of the career are the major contributing factors to the aforementioned ecosystem. 

Unfortunately, we chose to pay for an education program that didn't have an eco-system of potential investors once we finished the program. 

I'm thrilled to invite you all to participate in a vibrant and non-formal dialogue on the exciting world of Outer Banks real estate, specifically focusing on the quality of vacation home rental properties.

If you wanted to stay in the AMEX ecosystem and don't spend enough regularly to make cards with annual fees worth it then you are probably limited to the Amex Magnet card with its 200 bonus and flat 1.5% on everything (blue card is 1% on non-category spend so magnate is slightly better).  

What they need is good business and economic skills so that they can learn how to have a vibrant economy of their own without being dependent on handouts.