Watch it for a while, track listings, see what sells and what doesnt, what areas move quickly, etc.

This move, representing a $900 million investment and the creation of 4,000 new jobs by 2035, positions Columbus, Ohio, at the forefront of technological and economic growth.

The first is that there's no consensus between tax professionals, and the second is that you will not like my personal interpretation.My interpretation is:Until the property is "placed in service" - everything goes into basis.Illustration.You buy a property July 1st.You finish rehab November 1st and put the property on the market.Your tenant moves in January 15th.The property was placed in service November 1st, and it does not matter that the tenant did not move in until the next year.Everything paid between July 1st and November 1st, including interest and utilities, goes into basis.

Originally posted by @Tom Wong:Hi David, Ive been in Tokyo for a long time and just moved out.

Nowadays, people from all over the world vacation, work temporarily, move (with or without their business) and retire in the Costa del Sol.

There they are seeing both a great job market, a number of large employers moving in, and are still in the top ten of population growth nationwide. 

A solid property management team (or maybe multiple PMs if your portfolio is large enough) is a must for out of state investing.

So you move on.I also like Robin's Saturday morning group in west FTW. 

Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another. 

If you are going to self-manage, you need a great TEAM.