Needless to say this has killed my credit.This past March after finding out how much equity I had in my home with the purchase of a short sale, work done to it and the rise in home values caused my interest in REI to come back around.

The maxim of investing seemed to be that housing prices would always rise, and you were dealing with a product that was necessary to live as a human being, so you were in a pretty stable environment.

The thing is that there are about 4 brand new developmental hi-rises under construction in the Univ City area right now, not including 2 that are less than 3 years old.

Definitely in the up cycle now, prices will continue to rise before an inevitable down cycle.

We know that he could rise the property price, but how could he rise the property tax..

I'm not sure if the outlying areas would work for your lifestyle but I believe those smaller areas will continue to be in demand as housing costs rise in the metro areas.

Any ideas how I should move forward with my investment plan before the scores rise?

@Robert Shelton  I just love how all the guru's selling these systems were once broke and had no money only to rise up and become rich...

With the amount of snow we get and the drastic temperature changes ice dams on the roofs cause a lot of the issues i see.

Value increase is the way to wealth, but extreme value rises only happened in markets where supply is highly constrained (East and West Coast).