Laws, taxes, insurance, adventure, new challenge, grow skills, etc. 

Pittsburgh is home to many major universities including the rapidly growing Carnegie Mellon University which is “at least partially responsible for Pittsburgh’s growth, from revitalized neighborhoods to a vibrant and booming restaurant scene.”

For example, if one is looking to invest in a C neighborhood and looking for indicators that it could grow to a B neighborhood (or A hopefully).

If you're having to go out and "raise" your entry fee, you might want to think about other investments until your cash grows.

I do residential new developments in San Antonio and would like to do something in the RAL space to provide some value to a growing issue in the area.

I also have a $50k line of credit I can tap into when needed that will grow as I keep growing the business.Right now my rent is about $1700 where I've been staying for over a year, but really wanting to trade that for a mortgage and start building that equity.

That said, here are the actuals:Unit count: 13 offices (sizes range from 165sqft to 2,800 sqft - it's a local mom & pop type commercial building in an A-/ B+ town that's growing) Gross Rent: $20,801Expense Ratio: 50.7%NOI: $9,736 (year 1, after vacancy) ---Cash Flow: $2,536 / moCap Rate: 6.5%

I think demand will continue to grow as the area settles into its next life as more of a year round destination.  

There is strong rental demand because of growing population, job market, and the booming tech scene. 

Look for safe accounts that pay good interest or dividends to grow your security.