This happened by accident so I’m trying to make it more intentional by building a relationship with these companies like Toyota, Exxon, USAA etc (generally household name type companies) 

Although the market may not pop like in 2008, the fact that the average household cannot afford the average house price is alarming - its not even close!

I would say the crisis is pretty much caused by the beautiful "american dreams" that every household in the U.S. should have their own houses, even for those who actually really can not afford in the long run -- that is the initial purpose of the government supported institutions, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- to lend money to those who can not afford in the long run.

This Trulia economist does say what he is basing his conclusions on (price versus fundamentals such as income, income growth, household formation and rents).  

Bathroom molds on shower curtains, etc. are just house hold molds that need to be cleaned.

@Gary Clisele   On city-data you can look at the crime, population, median property value, household income for the area. 

I'm doing my best to "load up" but I'm long term and buying for cash flow...I think some of the key points are household formation and monetary policy.

I firmly believe that the fundamental driver behind the "great recession" was over leveraged balance sheets in the household sector.

Try to purchase SFR in A neighborhoods where the ratio between median home price / median household income is 3 or below. 

We can't really make any determinations without more info.Birmingham has the lowest total amount paid in rent, but that could be because it's smaller; it has a higher ratio of owners to renters; it has bigger families (and thus fewer households paying rent); on average rental units are smaller in Birmingham than elsewhere; on average rental units are nicer elsewhere; and probably a dozen other things besides lower rents on equivalent units.