Do not get me wrong, there is a STRONG case to be made to preserve the culture and not push out neighborhood natives with increasing taxes that accompany gentrification as the land values rapidly go up.

Any more leverage starts to add risk, incrementally. 

I'm located in the Bay Area, and we recently purchased a property very near BART, which is the rapid-transit in the area.

I have a 1.35 acre lot with an old 3/2 trailer on it in a rapidly growing part of south GA with a motivated seller.

I have a property in Houston Tx 77005 that is in reasonably good shape but would like to update before I refinance it.I am not sure which updates would drive better incremental value so I am looking for advice on contacts who may be able to help with this.Would anyone have a contact who can assist - ideally an appraiser or a RE agent who is very familiar with the 77005 area (close to Rice University).Regards

If everyone was required to have a Health Savings Account from birth, with a major medical policy, insurers were allowed to sell in all states, and we had high risk pools, the problems would go away very rapidly.      

Keep taking incremental steps, like you're doing by posting here. 

I live and invest in the Cedar Rapids market.  

Even small raises in increments are more likely to do harm than good.

The down payment for the first property is $400,000 x 25% = $100,000.Because you purchased in a location with rapid appreciation, the market value rises rapidly.