There are a lot of things to look at when choosing a market like population, population growth, unemployment rates, employers, job diversity, and supply and demand.

Diversity is the key.   

We love the house, the diversity of the neighborhood, the yard, the EPIC FENCE, and the location can't be beat. 

Jason Childs, Opendoor’s chief financial officer, said the company’s geographic diversity and 90-day average flips helped shield it from a potential housing market crash.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but it's great to get to learn from diverse experiences and people!

My concern is the diversity street by street.

I compared the numbers in every metric available -- population growth, job growth, income, education, family size, industry diversity, etc. -- to see which metrics actually tracked with rising rents.The metrics that track most with rising rents are:Tightening Supply (as measured by persons per unit)Median Household Income GrowthJob GrowthPopulation GrowthSo, while the common knowledge is to chase population growth, the real answer is to chase limited supply and rising incomes.

The ACS covers all the big census topics: population, income, unit count, vacancy, industry diversity, educational attainment, rents, home prices, etc.

We appreciate diversity and have not school age children.   

We do everything at our brokerage and I find people enjoy that we are so diverse.