Realtors

So I am in talks with realtors, and they all seem to have an idea of which places are the up and coming ones, but I’m still worried about their predictions, because what if they’re wrong? Sure I could get a relatively nice place for less money in one “up and coming” place than a comparable unit in an already established place, but what if the developer decides to hightail it out of there before they really finish the community? I might be living next to a pile of dirt—and I’d never be able to resell that in 10 years…