is there a particular formula that takes all manner of factors, (employment growth, corporation development news, barrier to entry, rental rates, wage growth, etc) into account and spits out an "invest in city X" answer?

Don't leave your w2 until your RE portfolio can support your minimum requirements AND you can see a path to continued growth in the RE portfolio.

Future Growth: Once you grow your portfolio, transferring to an LLC can be a good strategy to limit your liability.

The city also enjoys consistent annual population growth and ongoing large business activity/investment.  

I'm happy that we were able to witness SC's growth, and mine at the same time.

If you're aiming for appreciation, look for a market with growth potential and increasing property values.

Rent growth for single-family homes has grown by 5x since June 2020.Have you heard of this company?

We specialize in owning and operating (we are vertically integrated and manage our own properties) multifamily in markets that have good job growth and good population grown but are underserved and fly below the radar.After underwriting many deals in the North Carolina markets for almost 18 months we found an off-market deal that met our stringent underwriting criteria.

So new kid that bought his system was offered a two hundred bucks MF that was normal appraised for 150k only lol… and expecting that market would just grow , the system is working in 2009 though same thing to what Greg Hugher did in other bankruptcy filing lol

He has exponentially helped my real estate growth.