Beyond all of that, I am a bit of an Art Collector.

Having grown up here myself, I've watched it boom over the years- providing the ideal spot for Real Estate investors from all over the country! 

. - Because the Bay Area is such a boom/bust environment, I wanted to cash in on the equity I had built up on my most recent purchase (the SJ condo) and move that money to a more stable real estate market. - Areas I looked into, Indianapolis, Atlanta, San Antonio, Cleveland, Memphis, parts of Florida. - First filter - any city that I read about that had good purchase prices compared to rental income I considered.

America's energy boom will keep costs in check.

I work in the Bakken oil boom where I recently acquired an excellent job in the 140k a year range.

Seems like tight-knit areas are booming with property values in their desire to be near everything downtown.

Your profile says wood worker, so as you can attest, you are probably benefitting from the construction/renovation/flip boom via your S-corp income.

Re: strategy, I think the safe bet is to sell and reinvest that tax-free cash in another market that isn't so boom or bust. 

When evaluating year over year unadjusted house prices, there has been a definite increase since the housing boom peak of 2017.Key Takeaways: First American’s most recent Real House Price Index reveals that consumer house-buying power suffered a decrease in December, due in part to post-election mortgage rate increases.Mortgage rates and home prices are increasing at a faster rate than the rate of income growth, a dynamic which has led to an overall decrease in housing affordability.The decrease in affordability for first-time home buyers is a first within the last two and a half years, but housing affordability has not dropped below rates from 2009."

go to town hall. find the bulletin board where they post upcoming auctions (mandated by law) and sift through the unorganized postings and find addresses in the neighborhoods you are looking for -you can see which attorney is representing the auction. give them a call and they will tell you the date and time the auction is scheduled for.Or skip the trip to the bulletin board and go to:auction.comforeclosure.comthey tell you the debt collector too and the date and location of the auction.