I would explore this strategy while looking into potential markets where you want to be stationed next.

Grand Central Station on 42nd St midtown is landmarked, and they added more than a few floors on top with the Pan Am building, now the called Metlife Building.

Woodside is another great area thats close to the city, prices around JH , I like JH in terms of neighborhood but Woodside would be a great long term investment,East Elmhurst has more homes and not to many apt buildings so it feels less crowded,but your father away from the trains,you do have lots of bus lines that you can take to Jackson heights train stations.

Outright fraud - taking money without doing any work - should be dealt with at your local police station. 

Turns out- the cat used the air vents as it's relieving stations, (the air conditioner was now part of the problem) as well as at the base of the staircase, and the wood trim was saturated as well.

It's also near Cavalier Air Force Base, where I'm stationed at the moment, but will be PCSing soon and don't anticipate on returning.This, as you can imagine, poses a few problems, mainly related to support for the home (ie. property management, repair services, etc). 

There is a Pilot gas station about 120 ft (slight up gradient) from our property, and our environmental phase 1 shows there was a spill in 2011.

Seattle is expanding their Lightrail over this decade and properties within walking distance of the lightrail stations are quickly increasing in value.

Currently, I live in Seattle, WA (stationed here as active military), and rent in the South Lake Union area. 

If you do have the money, you have a choice to buy this opportunity or not.Essentially, all Investments are a risk.HOWEVER, the more research you do, the more you can reduce that risk.If you do your research and you find out that the adjecent neighborhoods have Gentrified and that they are NOW spilling into the Flatbush area AND you have noticed that the City has invested in public transportation (they opened up a new subway station in the Flatbush area), you can make a fairly intelligent guess that the high price will only get higher, recognizing it as an opportunity.However, if your research does NOT indicate that this property will be at a higher price in the future, and you do not buy this property, you can't get lucky here and have to look elsewhere.Now, let's say you recognized the opportunity AND you were prepared and you BOUGHT this 3 family investment in Flatbush.10 years later, that $1 Million purchase you made in the year 2020 is now worth $2 Million in 2030.What do you think your friends and family would say when you tell them that you bought your 3 Family Flatbush property for $1 Million 10 years ago and you made $1 Million in unrealized profits today in 2030?