The other 2/3s of the metro area are doing more than well in every aspect.Outlook: We are currently in the middle of a giant freeway expansion/modernization project costing $1.7 billion dollars.

Not only that, most of the "GPs" had been working in Tech their whole careers and had only been into real estate the past couple of years.Don't get me wrong, we have a lot of very smart passive tech-industry LPs, but you want a vertically integrated machine of humans with deep real estate experience.

Is there major tech jobs and limited building starts.

While SU is a huge driver for the area, we have a lot of other economic drivers, including the two new Amazon facilities, but also newer companies such as TCGPlayer and Spincar, along with a multitude of new drone companies which are here for the expanding Tech Garden and the drone corridor which runs from Syracuse to Rome, NY.  

A friend who has a rental property just told me that his rental was ruined by a mom and a daughter tenant who never mentioned they have two giant dogs when they applied for the house.

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Seems reasonable that someone else could easily use tech to re-establish the lines for us instead of conducting a whole other pricey survey. 

Tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google have invested heavily in the area, driving up property values and creating opportunities for real estate investors.

This is how a 19-year-old investor in my area got his first 2 duplexes (4 units before he turned 21)  Tech sales seems interesting to me.

I have a property that has an giant 80' tall silver maple in the backyard right near the deck and porch of the house, the tree overhangs the deck and part of the porch and provide a lot of shade for the backyard.