Yes, I realize that I might be sending a ton of traffic elsewhere, but I honestly have no interest in buying someone's house when there's a better solution for them.I'm thinking that if I continue to blog (only one article there now) and give people good info for free, then people will spend time there reading and it'll boost my rankings.

if so, I would vote for Raleigh just because of the projected population growth and it's consistent rankings on the top 10 places lists.

When I first started the site, and had time to do all the things necessary to get ranked, I was receiving several per week.  

I want property with a built in permanent rental base.Mix in everything others have mentioned - schools, population growth, redevelopment trends, proximity to public transport, and cash flow - and rank the neighborhoods to determine how valuable each neighborhood is to me.  

But he's converting 5x more leads through his Carrot site and doing deals from it... his non-Carrot site is ranking well but not performing. 

Search engine ranking has a lot of variables.

NYC is one of the top ranked cities in the world by GDP.

Frankly, that's not how I'd build a list, however if that what you're going to use, then start by ranking your 45 properties by owner's equity, length of ownership and age of owner. 

josh,What about setting up way to rank the seller like Ebay or something?

I invest in the high school cluster ranked in the top 10 in metro Atlanta and these days....