Our ultimate goal is to get into real estate development along with buying rental properties.

Plenty of opportunity here in DFW.So far I've been working with a couple of local development firms (Realty Capital & Hunt Realty Investments) that have given me some guidance on the commercial side.

Las Cruces is a small college town (home of the New Mexico State University Aggies) with healthy population of federal government workers and military contractors.

Protecting yourself from any future issues will require a good understanding of the situation your house is in when you buy it.Tl;dr: crime here is relatively low, declining population numbers don't take students into account, properties are cheap, rents are high BUT be careful where you buy.This concludes my TED Talk, ha!

Also there is a special tax abatement for office conversions but requires the developer to retain 15% as commercial use.So we have the option to stack them and consolidate.

There are definitely some municipalities that are easier to get along with than others, but all are open to development.

You're asking someone to spend a lot of time and energy to share what they've spent years - maybe decades - learning and developing.

@Anna Smith contact Alvin Schein esq212-935-1400His focus is development in NYC

Owensboro, the state's 4th largest city, has a population under 100K, and many OOS investors prefer cities with at least 300K residents and strong job growth.

I have several contacts in new home construction, architecture, land developers and community organizers who help me locate buyers and sellers.