The West and South posted more modest gains of 6.9% and 0.5%.

If the water bill is $100 a month, increase the price by 20% (or whatever you decide is fair) to compensate you for the time required to split and bill and to cover additional use when tenants squander the utility.

A lot of the US market - housing, stock, treasuries, etc - is basically a legal money-laundering location for honest or ill-gotten gains in the rest of the world, because the markets are open to foreigners and as close to a guaranteed safe haven as can be found.

Selling gets a tax free gain and allows you to be more liquid; keeping it allows you to have once in a lifetime cheap debt and have that leverage on an appreciating asset. 

I’m planning to start by buying in Buffalo to gain experience and learn the ropes.

Once you start to get people in there to look at project to project, that will give you a baseline then you'll start to gain more knowledge on where you need to be on the pricing/estimates etc.

Finally, start small, analyze deals, and build a team to guide you as you gain experience.

Metro area.George Mason is similarly developing 345,000 square feet for a new building called the Fuse at Mason Square at its Arlington Campus, which will be fully open in August of 2025 and will house 1,000 more new students in the technology field and 300 additional faculty, continuing to bring more highly skilled talent to the technology sector in the area (Source)The Virginia Tech campus was part of a deal made between the state of Virginia and Amazon, who agreed to add a 2nd Headquarters just up the road from the campus and to use the campus to attract high-quality talent to Amazon.

We're based in Tampa and, in addition to personally investing, I own a mortgage company that provides financing for tons of investors.

Investing close to home allows you to gain hands-on experience, learn the ropes, and be more involved in the day-to-day.