But we are living in a new economy with new variables to contend with.Dallas has ALWAYS been a big boom/bust real estate market versus Austin (steady up and to the right) and San Antonio (increasing but more slow and steady primarily because of aerospace and healthcare).  

Jeff S Lupe's Lending is a strong contender for a business name.

In other words, as has been mentioned here, you need an expert.But, I would contend, you don't need an expert financial advisor (if what you are looking for is investments and not financial planning), you need an expert investor.

Yeah U agree with George if they passed in say the first year I think you'd have some VERY angry heirs to contend with.

@Alan Caceres Id contend that your investing criteria should ALWAYS BE CHANGING.

The same salary in any of the other of the other contending regions would go a whole lot further (even just outside DC).

If you are not a serious contender and just a time waster you will get that reputation quick and word will get around.  

With the tax sale coming quickly this isnt a good contender but I know a tax buyer and you can run it by them.  

We still have to contend with IRC §195.

No doubt even more monies have flowed into LA and other U.S.A. metropolitans, but they have been able to absorb the demand better than Vancouver (here's where the geographical constraints loom large).I still contend that you cannot sustain a local economy when the folks who are the cogs in that machine cannot afford to live in relative proximity to their work.