So Im at the point where Im trying to scale out of my small business and Im building my property portfolio rapidly, I've bought all 7 income properties in the last 24 months.

The landscape is changing and changing rapidly.

The city is investing in upgrading neighboorhoods so areas that were "Scarry" are rapidly changing.

So long as I a complying with any applicable laws, I am not interested in section 8, rapid rehousing or any other government/charity programs for this property.

That policy will provide additional coverage (usually sold in increments of $1,000,000) that is triggered if the limits of underlying Personal Auto, Home, and/or Dwelling Fire policy are exhausted. 

Our house is worth about $400,000 - $420,000 and we owe $185,000 (4.12%) - most equity is due to rapid appreciation over the last 5 years or so.

If you're worried about turn over consider incrementally raising the rent.

Julie Seger even though I am based in Chicago, I have several good connections for you in the Grand Rapids MI area.

We don't do short term rentals, but those I know who do say that the year round market in Portland (and other pockets of coastal Maine) is accelerating rapidly.

This put downward pressure on market prices and cause neighborhoods to decline.a rapid population increase will cause a shortage of housing, and this will tend to increase rents and prices.We are not talking about identifying specific up and coming neighborhoods on their way to gentrification, this is very hard to do without being very familiar with a given neighborhood, but about painting the states with a very wide brush and see what cities are going to grow at a macro level.## Statistical Areas defined for US Census Analyzing commute routes to identify economic ties is not new.