Access to amenities: Columbus is a mid-sized city with a range of amenities, including cultural attractions, sports teams, and a number of universities.

- Listing price to buy: ~$700k a few months ago- Rent: $3.4k- Master lease up to 2yr- $10k initial nonrefundable deposit towards down payment- 15% of rent will go towards down payment - First month, security deposit, and $10k due = $16.8k In my opinion you are gambling in a market that is trending down.

Boone is a lovely little college town situated in the Mountains on NC, sporting a population of just under 20,000 people and employing 8.45k people. 

It was the way to pay for a new Sports Arena. 

The start price is just to suck you into bidding with the hopes you'll get into a gambling frenzy.

Most folks mindlessly buy into the standard mantra of cash flow is king and appreciation is gambling, and in so doing they ignore some very important aspects and get tunnel vision, which not only causes them to miss some profitable opportunities but also ignore some factors that may hurt them long term.

Not a huge gamble.

I've worked as an analyst at Scott AFB for the past 9 years as part of an 18-year federal career, I'm a Chicago sports fan (I know, boo), and I live with my lovely wife, daughter, two cats, one dog, and one BB-8 droid who hasn't been turned off since Christmas morning.Fun fact: I'm an author who has published a novel with a major publisher and several short stories.

And any money I make through real estate transactions just get funneled into more real estate or 401k contributions.World Class food is a bit of a stretch ;-) The rules of sports nutrition are not complicated: heavy carbohydrate intake from whole foods, plenty of fluids, lean protein and healthy fats.

Hopefully you like craft beer and outdoor sports ;)