Great points already -- condos typically appreciate better, especially in urban/booming areas, because they're typically very nice, are well-maintained, and builders pack those units in where they expect more affluent population increase. "2 Years to a Million in Real Estate" by Matthew Martinez was one of the first books I read on RE investing, and if I recall correctly, his first unit was originally his primary that he refinanced/HELOC twice to get to a million.

Yes- it's pushing locals out to the suburbs, but that's what happens when any city begins to boom. 

It's booming.

How many companies over the past 10 years that were once booming on the stock market no longer even exist?

Fear applies to corporations as well as individuals.It will turn at some point and when it does you are likely to have another ridiculous boom.

Yeah it seems to be picking up momentum to be the next Westchester/Playa Vista boom area.

I own a rental off of bell road in Williams Bend...getting 1% rent value.....I like that area...to me feels like good price vs rent potential....a lot of areas are getting too expensive with the real estate boom in Nashville....or are to unsafe IMOJust my two cents

KC is also a great cash flow market very similar to Indianapolis and with the Cerner Corp development taken place on the east side, it's going to boom.

If you ever had to go to court to try to collect or evict, you really wouldn't want it coming out that you knew the guy was getting paid illegal, or worse, that you rented to someone with no apparent income.

The economy is a bit of boom or bust.