Jobs bring people, and companies go where they can find customers and employees.Positive population growth trendsEasy access to major roads, interstates, buses, trains, etc.Socio-economic trends of the neighborhood.

If you do find people that you hit it off of with stay in touch with them (especially if they are intersted in RE)! 

And that will be dependent on your objectives.If your home town or home country isn't the best for the strategy that you follow, you can go interstate or international.

Most the land is farm land & the property is near the interstate.

The markets have a lot in common actually: they both are a bit land-locked, have military and defense presence, have strong medical, are on major connecting interstates, are water-adjacent. 

Hi folks,If I am looking to sell a property in my state and purchase a property in another state via 1031, would I seek out a QI in my state, the acquiring state, or does it not matter?Also, any tips/advice on this pa...

Short term dip, possibly no effect on the far west (interstate) side, long term Kenosha / Pleasant Prairie will continue seeing people sneak across the border from IL, which will buoy prices  Most of the damage has been concentrated in downtown and uptown...I would wager most BP members would be looking elsewhere in Kenosha anyway to invest  After night 3 of riots (when a double homicide occurred), night 4 was peaceful and the law enforcement is now so significant I anticipate (fingers crossed) things will subside  As always, best time to buy something good is when it has hair on it in the headlines. 

Much of the core route from Las Vegas to Victorville would be built within the median of Interstate 15, which is now the main vehicular route between Southern California and “Lost Wages.”

bill, i believe the irs assumes you received interest, and if you sold w/o interst, then you basically pay income of a 2% interest rate, or somewhere around 2%..i agree, i could do better..that's why i haven't done this yet :) but thanks for advice

I am in a very desirable historic downtown, of a historic logging community, great schools, next to parks, 3 minutes to interstate, 30 minutes from Minneapolis, etc.