We have been exploring the BP forums and reading anything we can find on development and investment.

., more than half of the calendar year) for the Borrower's personal use and enjoyment·The Borrower may rent the property on a short-term basis provided that the property is not subject to any rental pools or agreements that require the Borrower to rent the property, give a management company or entity control over the occupancy of the property, or involve revenue sharing between any owners and the developer or another party·The Mortgaged Premises must be in such a location to function reasonably as a second home·The second home must be suitable for year-round occupancy with the following exception: a second home with seasonal limitations on year-round occupancy (e.g., lack of winter accessibility) is eligible provided the appraiser includes at least one comparable sale with similar seasonal limitations to demonstrate the marketability of the subject property.

In the past couple months, I've developed a strong interest in real estate investing.

My guess would be DFW due to availability of office space or development space that was pitched to Amazon a year ago or so. 

I just visited the area a couple of weeks ago and saw a lot of development properties in the works.

Gentrification is happening as developers are looking for high yields.

It would be cool to see things like this succeed and grow into things like multi-use developments grow up around modern mass transit access points.

More specifically, there are new developments happening on the West and Northwest sides of the broader Houston area (Tomball, Cypress, Katy), and in general, homes are selling in the $250-350k range.

As well as parents and students visiting year round to see if they want to attend or to visit a child who is attending.

I recently moved from Miami to Orlando to work as a Business Development Manager for Innovative Realty and I quickly discovered the Orlando market is completely different from what I'm used to in Miami.