We own a rental house there, it's basically a break even for us after taxes since we have it on a 15 year mortgage up in the Briargate area. Every year it's a FLOOD of applications (literally last year we have 40 requests in 24 hours to see the house and 15 rental applications in that time, our current tenant just extended their lease through 2016, six months before they had to renew). We bought it in 09 so it's appreciated about 50k in that time, however I don't see it appreciating anywhere near that in the future, I'm expecting 1-2% a year, typically we raise rents 25/m per year. There is a constant flood of military into the area, you have NORAD, SMDC, Peterson, Carson, Air Force Academy etc. Even with potential downsizing there will always be a lot of tenants, but there will be a lot of houses yearly too with all the military that bought moving out so you have to have something that sets your house apart.