Quantifying Location Criteria / Picking A ROCKSTAR Location

[Joe Applegate]

People love to talk about LOCATION, but no one loves to talk about QUANTIFYING their location criteria. Sure we want to see:

- Increasing jobs / economic growth
- Population growth 
- Low crime rates, or decreasing crime rates
- Local government investing in the area 

- Close proximity to transit, grocery stores, etc

However.... you rarely see people discuss what their strategy is for determining if an investment is in a good location. What numbers do you like to see when investing in a new location? What are the big things you look for?