Quote from @Katie Camargo: I'm just starting out as an investor (about to close on our 2nd investment property - this one is in Virginia and our other property is in North Carolina). 

The combined transactional costs alone between the purchase and sale are going to be north of 10% of the transaction value.

The (economic) centre gravity of the world will shift away from North America and this could be financially devastating for anyone who has all his/her assets and sources of income there.

Property appraised north of $100K.

It’s a 3/2 at about 1560 sqft in the north hills of Pittsburgh.

I’m making a few assumptions: 1) at least some buyers and sellers will accept much less agent handholding than commonly assumed, 2) the primary value that agents add is a) pricing guidance and b) advising clients on offers and counter-offers, and 3) there’s no truly compelling reason why North America has the highest average commissions in the rich world.

We have properties in the Memphis Metro area, Lakeland/ Cordova, which are much different than other parts of Memphis and North Mississippi.

Not to provide TMI, it's a very very good location of Austin-- slightly West and it was priced north of a million, quite a bit more.

I’m curious about properties in this price range with communities that could grow in near future the further west people move from the city. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/206-E-North-St-Morris-IL-...

I can get a direct flight to major metropolitan areas, but it would be much more difficult to get to Topeka or North Dakota, for example.I feel that I'd like to see the market at least once, to get a feel for the area and to meet the local team.