He lives in the Inland Empire, and can't move because he owns several established businesses there.I may need to choose between the following markets: 1) North Orange County - Yorba Linda, Villa Park, Placentia, Anaheim, etc OR 2) Inland Empire Along The 210 - Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, Glendora, San Dimas, etcThe North Orange County seems like a great market (albeit, with a rough commute), but the Inland Empire means that when we get married, I'll actually be living in the community that I'm serving.Amidst a number of life changes, any advice that you can provide me regarding your market experience, business foresight, or housing trend knowledge would be greatly appreciated!!!

We're fortunate that my wife had the foresight to see the potential our home, as we're still in a very good place with it.I'd love to meet other investors in the area as well.

Foresight is 20/20 and I see where I could have done that differently. 

@Andrew Watson Buy and hold requires patience and foresight.

There is an increasing gap between people who have enough foresight to plan for catastrophic healthcare needs and people who think their money in their 401k will be ok for retirement only to find out it won’t last that long.  

As for local developers showing a little foresight and preparing for the future by locking in opportunities now, I don't see that happening.

I wish I had that sort of responsibility and foresight when I was your age.

It is scary going after that initial investment but getting this kind of foresight helps a ton.

This could apply to RE.I wish for perfect foresight for one day.

Now at lest i have some foresight in order to prepare myself.