It should be expected that these areas would have the biggest gains as they are the areas that took the biggest falls during the downturn

Unless it's free money that just falls out of the sky, yes.

I don't view the first as coming down in price just because you fall into second position, so the first becomes a bit of a static number and you have to work on the second as the variable.  

If the property is "up north" you might have more luck renting to snowmobilers but they can me rougher tenants and that market is entirely dependent on snow fall.  

All of our properties fall under one commercial property policy.  

If the deal makes sense it will fall into place.........Roland

:-) I am not falling for that.

If they do expire or even if their sale goes under contract and then falls through they would be a prime candidate to hear from you.  

I was doing what most newbies do; ignore the numbers and fall in love with the home. 

If I fall for a scam online, shame on me, but if you look me in the eye and purposefully mislead me, shame on you, is my kind of philosophy.