Your challenge is to make your request seem like it’s part of their regular, bureaucratic tasks. 

In addition to the job growth in the area, I am hoping that Tesla's move (and Elon Musk's notoriety) might signal that the hippest crowd of Silicon Valley should come to Reno as well.  

I'd rather toss money in the S&P than a turn key property in a cheap market with low or no population growth. 

Heat and moisture gets trapped under the house and the heat wants to rise but the LVP creates a vaporlock, thus inhibiting the mold growth. 

While I do have employees to handle other tasks, I do all of my own biz dev. 

to keep in the general conversation though I do think relaying on fast growth with a BRRR strategy like people have been able to over the last decade is on life support.

In 10 years, that's $60,000.I suspect your equity is worth 4x that amount.Stick with the equity growth.

Economists note that job growth in typically underreported industries fell by 42,000 compared to the 6-month average, suggesting August’s numbers may understate actual gains.Key Employment GainsConstruction: +34,000 jobs, driven by heavy civil engineering and nonresidential trade contractors.Healthcare: +31,000 jobs, though slower than the past year's monthly average of 60,000.Social Assistance: +13,000 jobs, with more modest growth compared to previous months.Other growing sectors include financial activities, wholesale trade, and government (+24,000 jobs).Job Losses and Sector StrugglesManufacturing: -24,000 jobs.Retail: -11,100 jobs.Temporary help employment continues to shrink, reflecting business uncertainty.Wage and Fed Policy ImplicationsWages rose by 0.4% in August, up 3.8% year-over-year, supporting a cautious approach by the Federal Reserve on deeper rate cuts.

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.