Just food for thought.

The point is that distressed areas have such prices because it is difficult to invest there, and areas that appreciated the most rapidly may well have peaked to unaffordable levels.I saw a podcast recently where it was claimed that high-end grocery stores like Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's are a good indicator of a high-end neighborhood.

Food for thought. 

Focus on having conversations about real estate on a daily basis. 

The Bluffs straddles a high-traffic thoroughfare with great frontage road with average traffic counts that exceed 37K cars daily.

Whatever currency was to succeed the dollar, how would the general public go about daily trade for necessity such as housing, food, etc.?

Pick areas that have a lot to offer....great schools, great jobs,  high traffic, close to major players like Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Starbucks etc.

Cost of food, gas, and the like are up.

Food and labor costs are up and cycle is heading for a recession economically.

And if it is the choice between food for the kids and making the monthly payment for the couch they have financed, the children win every time.This is part of the one thing that concerns me the most about the future of our country, to the extend that I worry about society as we know it breaking apart: the wealth gap and the social tensions it creates.