Unless you expect your financial position to change rapidly you could be setting your self up between a rock and a hard place. 

Grand Rapids Real Estate Bd., 214 N.W. 2d 532 (Mich.

Yes, areas can improve, still the point is this is a C class area at best, there will be tenant issues, the area could easily become a D- are again very rapidly.

I am expanding into Cedar Rapids, IA to wholesale.

There is River Ridge Escrow and Oshea & Oshea out of the Cedar Rapids area.

I am not an expert in Memphis but Columbus is growing rapidly being the 2nd biggest in the midwest and we are seeing many large corporations moving here.

You have established Metros like Cleveland and Cincy and a rapidly growing metro in Columbus.

100% it does - an awesome realtor is worth their weight in gold - someone who knows the market intimately, has access to the best deals or even off-market deals first, understands your goalsProblem is, especially in the last two years when houses sold themselves, is the market was flooded with "bad" realtors.

I weight very little how many people reach out compared to weighing very heavily with how many people show up.

It is a small city that is rapidly growing.