In our market here in PDX this has defiantly happened.. and I see it happening in many major areas.. you had the flight to the burbs.. now you have those same people stuck in 2 and 3 hour commutes and they want back into the urban core.. also walk score in our area is HUGE>.. the millinials want to walk to things.. its very much back to the 1920's were you went to your corner tavern on Friday for fish fry.. and everything you needed was within walking distance.If a New Seasons or Whole Foods pops up into an area here WHAM housing follows.

Thats why I’m fishing for ideas here… ideally to leverage into an $800k property. 

Someone - presumably him - broke into my room while nobody was home (Tom had a medical appt or something) and stole $1,000+ of stuff I had bought and was planning to resell.Joe is gone and I'm never gonna see my stuff - some of which is rare and irreplaceable - again but I'm sore about the whole thing and I think Tom has some responsibility.Tom just shrugs and continues to live for free and drink like a fish on my rent money.What do you think?

However, 3bed/2baths sell for 30% more than 1 bath units and I would like to start small for my first investment before going after the bigger fish.

Fish in a barrel buddy, fish in a barrel

Always remember: Fish where the fish are.

Not sure where you're buying and hold properties are but there are plenty of fish on the south side. 

They're small fish in a big pond dealing with the likes of Lockheed, Raytheon and Boeing.

I spent the morning fishing yesterday with a good friend who is in escrow for a package of 75 of these properties on 70% owner-financing.  

An RMLO in some states could have been selling fishing tackle or cars 6 months ago, took a twenty hour class, got a job at a mortgage broker's office or bank and then start drumming up business in areas they don't have a clue about.