All that being said I would suggest doing research, as I'm sure you do, to verify The current and predicted future rental potential there would be.

I have also seen slightly more favorable prices in Aurora and Commerce city, which also appear to be good options, with maybe less predictability but more upside?

What you want to do is understand the future value of your property to predict how much you will potentially lose or gain by owning this property.

I know I'm not even hitting the 1% rule, but the properties are in an area of town that's incredibly predictable and vacancy is not a worry. 

So i'm thinking long term, it's hard to predict.. 

Biggest limiting factor is that it’s unlikely I’ll have predictable income between now and my first mortgage.

Here are a couple of off the cuff pros and cons:Philly Pros-More apparent appreciation and easier to predict the path of progress.

You can spend a lot of effort trying to predict where the next emerging city will develop or you can take that same effort and just become an expert in your local market.

The biggest factor of that is property taxes, which I cant predict but I have done the numbers from way too high to what I think they should be, and that's where I lie.With all that being said, I dont have to do that of course.

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