I live in mississippi and the prices here compared to other places are low but the market that interest me is the heavily populated area of Dallas Texas.

I am not heavily leveraged.

I mean you'd only be 24 or 25 and have no debt whatsover, so long as you don't go heavily into debt with school loans if you were to choose an expensive school. 

I remembered that both you and I had a discussion with someone who is heavily interested in Bay Area (who probably just never take a look at outside world) on a different thread.

It's kind of been a bust for me - though I haven't invested heavily in it sufficient to draw any major conclusions.

It's a quiet enough town that it hasn't drawn the attention of the big players, but it's being heavily invested in with it being so historic, and its foundational infrastructure easily supports real estate investments.

Consumers love it because gas is cheap and they spend money elsewhere on businesses boosting certain segments of the economy.When gas is 60 to 90 a barrel is typically the sweet spot where there is enough profit for oil companies to keep balance sheets fairly healthy with some profit and consumers pay a certain price per gallon that is not what they would desire but are still comfortable with.Above 90 a barrel the oil companies tend to do very well but the price per gallon of gas rises heavily and economies across the U.S. can be affected greatly.

Most long-time investors would call those the glory days - long before the market became more heavily regulated.

I am all about everyone making money in any deals, but the fund I was in was heavily weighted towards the officers -- 20%+ fee (13% was just the fee to pay the officers!)

The AZ contract, to me, seems heavily in favor of the buyer.