Three years ago, devastating fires came through the Smoky Mountains and not only burned one of our cabins to the ground, but sent shock waves through our Property Management company that lasted 14 months

Richfield has been undergoing big upgrades - I would wager there will be another mass transit line going there in the next 10 years, and any western suburbs seem to be always very attractive to live.

Overall the city was relatively run-down, but was undergoing decent revitalization of the downtown areas.

I hear a lot about various parts of town that are undergoing gentrification. 

Raleigh has become so desirable that many parts of downtown are undergoing gentrification.

It is undergoing renovations and have multiple people interested in moving.

Some of these guys are pretty slick and would put a used car salesman to shame.You can learn far more here on BP - for free - from folks who are on the ground investing in real estate every day: some do it part time; some full time; some have been at it for years; some are just a step or two ahead of you; and some are where you are at.As for the Canadian market, it did not undergo the correction that took hold of much of the U.S. market four year ago and much of it is full priced - where you are (the GTA) is beyond fully priced and bordering on silly.

Several months ago I had the opportunity to help out with Commercial Mortgages accounting because the team was undergoing with transition/changes.

I am currently undergoing a divorce, though expect for it to be finalized within the next 3-4 months.

Today we got the first confirmation that other asset managers may have finally given up on the rental conversion strategy, following the observed collapse in multi-family housing starts which crashed from 376K to 234K in April (the lowest since last summer), a drop of 142K and the worst monthly drop since 2006 when the housing market had once again peaked and was about to undergo a very serious correction.http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/multifamily-starts-suffer-biggest-monthly-plunge-2006-reo-rent-recovery-deadIn addition to the money-laundering aspect (confirmed previously) and the REO-To-Rent scramble by PE firms and hedge funds (which is now over as PE become active sellers of apartment rental properties), we highlighted the third implicit subsidy to the housing non-recovery:Foreclosure stuffing.