The population is growing, there's tons of development opportunities, and a nice mix of industries - tech, healthcare, manufacturing, etc.

It seems the older we are we have to maintain (never sell) certain property because it creates an indirect saving... vegas is not that cheap anymore.. 300k is OK but in my mind not the greatest I think more like 500k to 750k is what you need to find a decent place in vegas. see that doesn't even make sense financially, it seems it's more viable to stay local with DSCR 1 or if want to leave to save money,  just leave the country for good.Costa Rica LOL :-) Portugal and join Clayton Morris he was the smartest guy in the room  his strategy of basically stealing millions and decamping to Portugal were the cost of living is lower .. and much safer and better health care than any thing south of the border Plus all of Europe at your beck and call.  

Better access to food, water, health care, education, comfort, leisure, recreation, opportunity.

Do they sell decently well enough to where if I needed the money for healthcare reasons it wouldn't be a long time of me trying to sell it?

I've worked in many sectors of manufacturing for a number of years, then transitioned to healthcare.  

Today it's a healthcare crisis and there's vastly more liquidity than in 08.Time will tell I guess.

I'm looking in the "safe" areas of Canton, Patterson Park, Upper Fells, and Butchers Hill locations popular with young professionals and healthcare employees.  

Wenatchee (East Wenatchee) is expanding their airport currently and has a lot of folks migrating in for the the hydro dams and healthcare, but they are buying homes.

Local Economic Factors: Mobile, AL benefits from a diverse economy driven by industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, and logistics.

Providing health care for those in need has been an honor but it's time now to take care of my financial freedom.