Hi Kyle,      My wife and I sold our 4/3 with pool and fully upgraded year 2000 home in Flower Mound last year and set the price per sq foot for the subdivision and that per sq ft price is still the highest after a full year.  

You'll need a variety of perspectives to make good decisions in choosing your location.Best of luck!

Networking with a variety of people in your market is another suggestion of his, but sounds like you're on the right track to find alternative ways to find the deals you want.  

There are a variety of ways to search for and then tie up suitable replacement property, including making an offer to acquire the replacement property with a contingency that you must sell your relinquished property, placing a lease/option on the replacement property so that you have it under your control and can choose when to exercise the option and then close on the purchase, or structuring a Reverse 1031 Exchange transaction.Regular Forward 1031 Exchange transactions should only cost between $700 and $1200 total if there is one sale and one purchase involved.

Brandon,The neighborhoods seeing solid growth and rent increase in the central areas of Indianapolis I have found focus on the east side near Irvington and Little Flower.

Meetings feature presentations and educational sessions on a variety of topics, plus you are networking with other local investors.

Mortgage numbers seems too sunny with flowers, but maybe you have better bankers than I do.Throw these variables in..... the deal is barely break even cashflow and a low dollar value deal.

Some allow no seasoning on title, some require significant seasoning on title, most won't close if the borrower isn't an entity while there are a few that don't care.These loans work very well in a variety of properties from single family to multi family commercial and especially well when borrowers purchase a property, rehab it and then want to cash out based on the appraised value.  

Come spring and summer, every time you water the flower bed, you'll have the same problem.If gutters and grading don't fix it, then you might have to go the next step with a french drain system.

,Like anything, there are exceptions and not any hard-and-fast rule, because you can find or force appreciation in a variety of ways with real estate.