Analysis of Investment Markets for Remote Investors

[Jason A.]

Greetings,

I'm considering various markets as a remote property investor. Some of my colleagues have fairly sophisticated ways of ranking markets (e.g. scraping data from Census bureau website, etc.).

I'm focussing on single family homes at this point. I'm open to BRRRR strategies and buy-and-hold. I have access to private money as well.

I guess what I'm after is an understanding of how to map various market features to property investing strategies. For example, if you're not expecting market appreciation, you'll need ways to force equity. If markets are hot, then flipping might be a good strategy. What does population growth do for property investments? What about average income growth? The list goes on...

What are the top five market features you look for in a market to consider investing?