The history of Real Estate, the evolution of the industry and each individual market place are fascinating and confusing.

It's in Cedar Rapids, IA.

It is considered "touristy" by Nicaraguan standards and a bit more expensive than other areas but an area of rapid growth and high occupancy rates if you were looking for rental income. 

My partner just bought a park in Grand Rapids from the heirs of an estate.

@ joseph shererWe spend allot of time at it because my wife, who handles all the leasing activities, has increased the quality of our tenant roll to the point where we have nothing but upwardly mobile people, who, by definition, tend to mobilize more rapidly up and out of our apartments. 

Chapman forecast: Orange County economy 'falling behind' as tech jobs exit, low-wage work risesSource: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/county-720870-p...Meanwhile, the Silicon Valley “job machine” is generating thousands of information and technology jobs with average salaries of $188,000 a year, according to the report, while Orange County is losing those jobs at rapid clip.As a result, Orange County’s per capita personal income, which in 2007 was 16.4 percent greater than that of California, is now only 8.7 percent higher.

PS: It's not a super-spectacular pick up, but reasonable in what has suddenly become a rapidly rising market.

Thanks all for the input, but with the rapidly rising market, I have decided to not purchase any properties on Oahu for the moment.

Private money lenders are the biggest reason for the rapid recovery of the real estate market because they financed the purchases of distressed pools of assets and floated them on down the food chain.

I "knew" everything back then, so no way could I fail.A rapidly appreciating market helped me make money, certainly not my ability to analyze deals.