Wait, I think that one's taken . . .According to what I've read, one of the goals of Greenhaven is to avoid the burden of DeKalb County's pension fund, which has fallen on South DeKalb since there've been so many citihood defections from North DeKalb and they apparently don't have to contribute to the county's pension.Most of the reasoning is AGAINST the status quo in the county, and not TOWARD whatever would be gained by a new city. 

The decision to give the homes away came after several decades of people leaving Sicily to live the American dream and later the South American dream.

Welcome to BP.I'm a bit South of you in the greater Singapore area...I can't say that I would ever advocate buying locally in any of these countries for long term cash flow, especially when you have established RE contacts (family) back home...and more especially when you're going to be throwing enough USD around within a 36mo period to generate 10k/mo cash flow.That said, I don't work for one of the largest brands known to man nor do I give excellent TedTalks, so perhaps you know what you're doing after-all :)You're an asset here at BP and I'm sure others, along with myself, would be interested in hearing what you're doing there in Vietnam.  

@Christopher BrainardSouthgate is in south-central Edmonton, surrounded by quite a number of nice, well-established neighbourhoods.

There are a couple of run down buildings and a not-so-nice apartment building just south of that house (and a liquor store at the intersection between Wheeling and Rosewood -- not horrible by any means; but you just don't get a "neighborhood vibe" right there.

If it went south, I'd have to start completely over.  

This is the event @Viktor Stakhov is referring to:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/133549-washington-state-offical-bp-meetup---south-sound---july-8th-2014  The meeting was both laid-back and friendly while critically focusing on networking.

We stay away from South Linden, Bottoms, Hilltop, parts of Hungarian Village and parts of OTE.  

I'm a few hours south, but love Seattle and hope to get back there one day.  

The property I purchased is in South Yarmouth less then a mile from the water and local attractions.