- No personal income taxes- low cost of living - high job and wage growth - diverse population - multiple housing options- the STRIP- Raiders, Golden Knights, WNBA, Soccer, Triple A baseball and soon the NBA will expand

Not sure how many of you BP'ers follow the NBA so here is a quick background and look into what could happen:Lebron James plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Avid book reader, Chess player (not a pro), Soccer crazy, NFL liker, NBA watcher, Traveler.Virtual protege of Sir Ben Graham, Robert Kiyosaki, Jason Zweig, Peter Lynch, Richard Duncan and Napoleon Hill.

I'm surprised that we don't have a thread on the NBA Finals.

Oil and natural gas are biggies here--but we've also been blessed by major downtown development: a new NBA franchise, a convention/restaurant/entertainment hub around our new Riverwalk, a new and expanding Dell facilitiy, Tinker Air Force Base, etc.

The mayor of Sacramento (former NBA player Kevin Johnson) is an oak park native and there are significant redevelopment projects.

Telling me that it's a poor rental is clear, but I guess I was trying to see if taking a partner to front the capital and then rehabbing would be best, or if my first impression to assign it with a 10k bump in price is the thing to do, or to lease option might be feasible, or something else...I suppose it's harder to evaluate a home that is in such a different market; this neighborhood is so close to lots of change in downtown, and one of this week's top local stories is the discussion of the new NBA arena to be built just blocks away.

The NBA's (formerly) Seattle Supersonics.As in much of the midwest, properties and cheap and cash flow is prevalent.

If your 4'9” and have never played basketball then don't make you goal to join the NBA.

A while back, Malcolm Gladwell wrote a piece on why NBA owners should not expect to make a profit.