I use CE SHOP for my licensing and continuing ed and enjoy their format. 

CA is great for appreciation and there is definitely going to be continued long term growth, etc...but I’d prefer a lower cost and higher yielding investment personally.What are your goals?

I bought property while I was stationed in Italy and I continue to buy property in other states while I am stationed elsewhere.

To continue reading, listening and learning about real estate investment from various sources as an ongoing endeavour.

I will be continuing off my relocation back to the USA in 3-4 weeks.

Opioids from Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland Medical Center continue to flood the poorest of neighborhoods, leaving the African American communities in a perpetual state of addiction, along with the need for constant government assistance programs.

Most would call it a sellers market now, but who knows if values will continue to increase.the price of houses in my target area would be between 150k and 250k and it would be very difficult to achieve the 1%.

I'm going to continue to look into Huntsville mainly because of my personal contact there.

Or you could decide it is a great place to live and continue to live there while having a tenant in the other unit paying down you loan (increasing your equity).BTW: the low/zero appreciation markets do not produce great ROI without going to large unit counts.  

It's valid for the time you've lived in it, but then you can't rent it out and continue to write off all capital gains.