My name is Haasim and I am originally from NYC currently living in a city that borders Albuquerque, New Mexico named Rio Rancho.

@Travis Lloyd From Waterbury (not in Waterbury though) to Vernon on the I-84 corridor,  from the northern Connecticut border along 91 down to Wallingford and all of route 9 from Middletown (including Middletown) north.

Also living in WV border to Ohio. 

Unlike some other Asheville border communities, I think your equity will grow slower due to comparatively higher crime rates, higher poverty rates, the paper plant, etc.

We’re just over the border in NW Indiana. 

The house is in the flood zone, except the front third, so it really is a border property.

Although I collect rental income from our long term tenants, the lenders consider it "Border Income" and will not count it.If I buy a STR, will the income generated from that count as income when qualifying for another mortgage?

So I am technically, an out of state investor, but only live 75 minutes away from the property (across the IL border), so I am planning to self manage.

Low skilled migrant workers also fled or were turned away at the border so our Farms have had to Automate. one Strawberry picking Machine can now do the work of 10 workers using Computer Vision.

This can be to your advantage, allowing you to purchase near that border as Decatur inevitably sprawls outwards.