"this city's downtown is $350 per square feet" or "the financial district is $1250 per square feet," but not for specific particular homes, and it's a waste of oxygen to try to convince an appraiser otherwise.

I currently have two condos there in the downtown PoCo area that rent for $1450 and $1550 per month. 

I Chose Alabama for several reasons, Property prices have not yet hit the pre bubble prices (although they are now approaching it) The city we chose has a lot of government workers, up and coming downtown, and well educated population, property taxes are low, and a small growing tech field. 

I had been hearing about a lot of plans and development for the downtown Vegas area, but haven't been there for years.

I was thinking about doing the same thing with some friends in seattle but for some reason when I did my math for downtown seattle, I would break even unless I can charge more then what some airbnb in downtown seattle was charging for.  

(5) Which areas within 1 hour drive from Atlanta downtown that have good population and job growth?

I definitely agree that it can be risky to invest in a place I'm unfamiliar with,  so far I have found that Nampa is the second largest city, the median age is around 30 yards old, the crime rate is slightly higher than the national average,  which makes sense for a big city,  though the house I'm looking at is not downtown, the average income is around 45000 (if I remember correctly) and I'll learn more about the neighborhood when I talk to the realtor tomorrow,  such as if it was built on a landfill or other questions I dream up.

Recently, I saw more and more posts that, the BP investors plan to hold their positive cash flow properties until their 80’s years old etc.

My original exit strategy is to sell all my properties once the market chan...

I would try to stay close to the downtown if you can.Northern Bergen County doesn’t have much multi-family stock in general and the continued trend of low inventory isn’t helping.Some things I don’t like about condos.

This was a calculated decision: Elgin is only 30 minutes from Austin, it's got a nice historic downtown, and there is a group that's planning to build the Elgin Agrarian Community, a 24-acre community of 80 green-built homes with a 5-acre CSA farm, jogging trails, a craft brewery, and a spa / events center.