I would talk to local, experienced people that are a part of building inspection, city council, business associations,  The Chamber of Commerce, and real estate Brokers or anyone that is knowledgeable about the growth in population, employment, housing sales, or renting depending what you are interested in.I would locate my investments in the city that has the higher statistics or positive based items on the before-mentioned growth items.Good luck to you!

. - property - local area: business/Industry, demographIcs, crime, economy, schools, chamber of commerce, etc..- county rules (can the owner redeem, how long do they have, etc.)- auction type- competition- many other factors as well.

Join the Chamber of Commerce.

@Lynae Chambers Thanks for joining in.  

@Bert Isidore local business journals and newspapers, chamber of commerce, current investors that are in the area.

We have a lot of development going on, and a lot of stalled development:http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160123/BIZ/1601...And we have a lot of Landlord/Fair Housing/Rent Control resolutions going on in the city council chambers thanks to our Socialist Council Member Sawant:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshama_Sawanthttp://www.socialistalternative.org/2014/10/03/ksh...http://crosscut.com/2016/01/new-bill-aims-to-prese...Spokane is interesting especially if you don't mind being involved in Low Income:http://www.spokanehousing.org/PHA/WA055v02-2015.pd...TL;DRPoint #9: in 2000 they determined they need 10k 30% Below Median Income housing unitsPoint #2: Shows there is only 5000 units.  

James, I have read this thread completely but the only thing that I'm seeing is a gentleman from the Chamber of Commerce saying that wholesaling is illegal because you need a realtors license for this activity.

I'll keep trying though, found 5 professional organizations to target in my search; a chamber of commerce, a dr association, an MBA association, a hispanic business organization and a internet marketing group.

What do you mean by "getting bumped" @Bryan Chambers ?  

He is a member of Dunwoody Rotary Club, the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce, and the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce.Before establishing Stout Kaiser Matteson Peake & Hendrick, LLC, Carter was a partner with Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes & Stout, P.A., a 15-attorney firm in Atlanta, where he practiced commercial real estate and corporate law for more than 20 years.Carter holds a B.A. from Emory University.