In fact my wife and I both currently work in tech careers in San Francisco and J's story is a huge inspiration to us.Oh yeah, I've also listened to 22 of the 32 BP podcasts, in order, over the past 4-5 weeks whenever I get a chance (I probably could recite the podcast intro and outro in my sleep :).Anyhow, like J and his wife, my wife and I are both from back east (she's from Pittsburgh, I'm from Detroit), we just got married and we have a plan to spend a few more months in the Bay Area to shore up our startup capital before making the move back east to start a fix and flip and (and eventually buy and hold) business.I would love to get everyone's insight on the 3 markets we're considering settling and investing in -- as you can see each has its plusses and minuses but for us they all have to be weighed against the business opportunity:Our likely 1st choice: Pittsburgh -- prices here seem to be in the range we'd be looking for (average home price just over $100K, so our target purchase range would be $30-60K, with rehabs running about the same, though my numbers could be way off...); additionally there seems to be a good rental market here.

I went to community for a year, with every intention of transferring and eventually going to law school and getting into corporate law.

Sometimes you are in the country but then growth comes that way and you can tap in eventually.

Plus, eventually we will most likely come across a BIG deal.TJ

Eventually we would like to buy a couple other multifamily rentals.

I want to work toward eventually owning an apartment complex.

Many of these eventually morphed into 1st position notes.Back 20 yrs ago it was easy to do, very profitable but with the new Safe Act etc its moot.Now we are doing other investments.

The thought was to eventually purchase the building the rink would be housed in.

It will eventually take out the house.

I was drawn to Chicago both for its attractive entry points (Cash flow) and its world class status (appreciation) and hope to understand your collective thoughts on eventual, long term, positive economic growth in Park Manor/Greater Grand Crossing.