Also walk into ( if they take in person meetings these days) and talk with the planners.. in our markets we have whats called a Pre Application meeting.. they cost a few grand.And what you do is have your civil sketch out a basic plan.. 

As an urban planner I naturally gathered as much data as I possibly could and decided on the criteria that I would use to judge a city for "high cash flow" investments.

I think you just need like a Financial Planner or something. 

@David SmitThe conservative financial planner David Ramsey often puts forward the parable of the Good Samaritan whenever he talks about what money is really good for.

@Brent Coombs Many years ago I developed sophisticated finance programs, for Corporate clients, Insurance Co.s and Investment Banks - taught thousands of financial planners, advisers and accountants how to negative gear and how to use self-liquidating loans, where the Tax office largely helped pay the interest.

When Hal isn’t trying to sell his tea or daily planner he says you can get by on like 4.5 hours of sleep based on no evidence.

My approach was to buy into a neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio that had a lot of vacancies and low rents, but first researched the area and found one that the city planners had in their sites set for rejuvenation.

Before that I was an urban planner and before that a cancer research.

I am a planner.

That's when I figured out my financial planner makes less than I do and I was floundering, deworsifying my funds in various mutual funds etc....