Their contacts and handling of renewing the CO was invaluable.

Would recommend comparing and contrasting the economies, populations, housing markets, and rental incomes and seeing which market you think has the better potential for growth. reicitydata.com, the census, and Google Public Data Explorer all have easy access numbers you can take a look at.

I always look at somebody's incentives when reading an article like that with little substantiating data.

the property value is probably not going to go up but it seems it would always be rentable for at least $700 a month ($900 more likely) ORoption 2. get ANOTHER mortgage with a hard money loan and get a property that would increase in value over time. both methods will require rehab. both we want to buy and hold and rent out.I currently have 3 rental properties in the $150,000 - $250,000 range that all have been increasing in value and should continue to do so.option 1 would give us more diversified investment AND diversified experience. it seems like it would offer better cash flow but is also riskier 

My thinking is that I want to own the thing that appreciates in value because of limited supply, that's why I love real estate.

*I am a real estate broker, but I have found the investor community to be much more efficient at prospecting & handling data, for what it's worth.

If that wasn't enough benefit Facebook has another powerful tool that it can convert any data it receives such as your custom lists, website traffic or ad performance into a qualifying filter that analyzes people's characteristics and web presence to find more Motivated Sellers in your area that are similar to ones that you are engaging with that haven't been on your lists or seen your ads before. 

I'm trying to find recent data on migration patterns.

There are plenty of resources here on BP and beyond that do a great job of explaining the differences in valuation, mortgages, etc.

As the post above eluded to more lenders won't lend on a single property this low in value.