Welcome, Jon,@Jon Alke@Julie Macd - The exit on that side of the mountains (specifically in the larger cities (Spokane, Tri, Ellensburg, Yakima) has been gaining traction quite rapidly over the past few years - for multifamily anyhow.

The higher end market including Mid town/ Downtown/East Sac/Land Park and vicinity is appreciating rapidly.  

Maybe you can swing past and meet some people in the Rapid City area.

The northern exurbs of Dallas continue to grow rapidly, and with the current and planned developments in and near Frisco in particular that trend is not likely to change in the near (2-5year) future.

Especially true for somewhere like Kensington.It's hard to decide the tradeoff you mentioned, however, I can easily envision parts of Kensington and Rittenhouse appreciating rapidly very quickly.

Anybody have a recommendation in Cedar Rapids area for vinyl siding installation?

Each bank has different standards (that can change borrower to borrower) and their standards have been changing rapidly over the past 3-5 years.  

It seems like rent is rapidly increasing, including east oakland.

The number of BP members from the Triangle area has been growing rapidly over the last several months so welcome to the club! 

There is also a community college with 5000 students and growing rapidly (we just started 2yr free tuition in TN).$600 was based on the market rents I could find from all oine sources, there is also a 12 unit 1/1 building down the street that rents for $600 including utilities that is 100% occupied.