You might consider some where you could concentrate in one market, that you can visit if you need to.

:).... not to mention the concentrated EMR from cell phones irradiating the temporal lobes of most :)

What areas of Houston do you work or concentrate on?

Walgreen's, Starbucks, Best Buy, Wal-Mart: these are all corporate-operated retail sites, and not owning the land/building allows the companies to concentrate on convincing you to patronize them, instead of worrying about what to do in 10 years when they decide to move locations.Ever seen a dark (empty) Best Buy or Wal-Mart?

That gave me confidence to purchase additional rental properties which I currently manage myself.I've flipped only one property and it was a huge success but for whatever reason, I have only concentrated on accumulating rental units.

Our clients are generally concentrated in Construction, Real Estate and Transportation.As far as real estate is concerned, I've always been interested in creating assets that create wealth.

I concentrate on #2 as my business, however, take advantage of other things that come my way.

I prefer to enjoy the journey to just concentrating on the destination.

His goal is to buy in a small concentrated area so he can be hands on enough to have the area become a positive in the less desirable neighborhoods.

Traffic arteries, population shifts, concentrations of shopping areas, public transportation, employment centers are all considerations in the analysis of comps, market trends begin over an entire city or county level and drills down to a neighborhood.