Small towns may rely too much on a single business or market segment.

Has anyone come across a course that's more focused on this segment?

Has a few segments on Boyle Heights too. 

I agree residential rental properties are one of the least speculative segments of the RE market, but where I've seen investors go wrong is to sell A area assets towards the top of the market and replace them under pressure in B or C markets in order to chase income.If you can borrow the equity and have your BH tenants pay for that borrowed equity in the form of rent, you can use that free leveraged equity to find return elsewhere (B and C markets).  

Segmenting your market just as the automakers do and making sure that your product hits your key demographic audience and isn't trying to be everything to everybody is vital.

There is sense in the newer loan investor segment that the answer to all loans is a modification.  

That seems unlikely as this segment of the borrowing population represents a substantial risk for convention and institutional lenders alike.Looking forward to reading other takes on this.

It’s also a segment of the economy that’s still growing."1) NY2) San Fran3) Seattle4) LA5) Minneapolis6) Portland7) St.

@eric @Eric Fernwood land prices are definitely high because of the federal government owning the land, which leaves a large segment of the population out of buying new homes.

In the automotive segment,  cars and trucks are becoming much more expensive each day.