However, the rapid rise of the technology sector in the Reston area has sparked them to double down on their bets for continued strength of the office market in Reston Town Center (the D.C. metro area has the 3rd highest density of tech talent in the United States and 9th in the world, especially markets in the Dulles Toll Road Corridor like Reston, where 70% of the worlds internet traffic flows through and is home to companies like Google, Oracle, and Microsoft).

Guessing you want them gone because you suspect something odd is going on. 

There is a Citizen by Development program that helps you save taxes for new developments but the best bet is to buy an existing property and slightly renovate.If you have never dealt with Caribbean based labourers and you have no patience... then the Caribbean is not for you. 

I bet it appreciates 2 or 3k/month over time.

It's a way of hedging my bet using as little cash as possible.

I was able to switch to bi-weekly mortgage payments to accelerate my payoff at no extra cost, but the odd week payments don't get applied to my mortgage until the even week payments round off the total sum, so it's like I'm giving my lender a free loan for a few weeks each month.

Even though oddly enough, one of the counties i'm in requires landlords to take a 2 hours training class in order to qualify to accept their section 8 tenants. 

Physical REI is not a paper investment; almost anyone whose invested on paper numbers I am willing to bet is showing a lot less than the reality of if it unless they took realized gains by selling(into the appreciation rate) or cashed out refi. 

But that is the key with investing, you need to have your educated guess of future events, place your bet, and hope you are right.

In today's market, your best bet would be a house hack.