IF they clean at all, they do not use the proper gleaning agents and scrubbers, and end up damaging the surfaces of these surrounds, which causes their appearance to rapidly degrade.

Its definitely more difficult and probably impossible in the popular and rapidly gentrifying areas though.I'd say your best balanced area to look in general is the SW side of the city.

At the time of purchase, Fort Drum was rapidly expanding and the entire area had a severe housing shortage.

Below is an article these kind of signs in Cedar Rapids.

My neighborhood is changing rapidly and the median rent is going up, but along with the increase in rents, the quality of available units is also increasing. 

According to Brad Doremus as senior analyst with Reis this anticipated growth is largely related to the fact that many of the economies in these secondary markets are dependent on rapidly growing industries such as tech and energy.

We could very well have situations where new housing is being built but prices are falling rapidly (just like condo developments towards the end of real estate cycles).As for the rest of this thread, I don't see San Francisco exploding.

Debt free is so awesome but I feel like in this industry with my plan to grow rapidly and efficiently, it will require taking on some decent size debt.  

My best job was guiding white water rapids and dealing black jack.

They are declining in value at a more rapid rate that other real estate assets.