Great article from Crain's promoting all of the great things happening in the city and how Amazon would add to it. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180706/ISSUE07/180709949/chicago-wants-your-hq2-amazon-our-open-letter#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-editorialpromo&utm_campaign=ccb-editorialpromo-20180709

Here’s information about an interesting one:“The Dutch city of Eindhoven is to be the first in the world to have habitable homes made by a 3D printer, in an innovation its backers believe will revolutionise the construction industry.Of the first five new houses to be put on the rental market next year, the smallest, with two bedrooms, has already attracted applications from 20 interested families just a week after images were made available.Known as Project Milestone, the development is said by the Dutch construction company Van Wijnen to offer...”https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/...

The section 8 rental diagonally across the street is at it again, I brought the city down on them years ago but I moved to a new house after/converted my house to a rental and they went back to their old behaviors after that.

Or buy a little further outside the city. 

This is the first project that will be a part of our "Build-Your-Own-Fund", in which investors will be able to diversify their real estate holdings across all of Colombia’s major cities and tourist destinations.

I am in the Kansas City Metro area so I will be doing a lot of business in Kansas and Missouri.If not lease purchase & selling on terms...a good Real Estate attorney in the Kansas City area that you could recommend would be a big help! 

Has anyone been able to get title insurance sooner, specifically in New York State?  

Hi Thien,I’m also from the Bay and work in the city.

Within the next 5 or so years I would have the opportunity to relocate to a new city for my job, so I am thinking this would be a good way to begin gaining equity in real estate, live with friends while I'm still relatively young, and have their rent payment help pay off my mortgage.Sorry for the long post, hope that it is at least comprehensible.

I have a long list of potential cities, but am having a difficult time narrowing that list down using any sort of consistent standards.