Your situation is different than the majority of people on the boards and the general population; you have a paycheck for life. 

Here's an interactive version of the map, where you can zoom in and see more information such as population and population per acre: https://www.datawrapper.de/_/jDwi4/It tracks the change in population density (population/acre) for each neighborhood (census tract) in the Phoenix MSA from 2010-2020.

The population in Macon has been decreasing since before I was a kid, 40+ years ago.

Now that Trump won the election, I wanted to get a discussion going about what potential impact this could have on towns along the Rio Grande Valley like McAllen, and Brownsville, Texas.The population growth in these towns has been great over the years making it a worthwhile investment.

I personally recommend looking into the Columbus OH market - good population growth, lots of job opportunities in a good mix of industries, and strong rental demand.

If you want an in-depth view I would:- Research government statistics (population growth, median prices, appreciation, etc)- Qualitative research- Go to meetups, talk to investors (you won't find it hard to find someone investing out of state in OH)- Use softwares like rentometer, Vestmap, etc that's what I always say.

I am also a recent rent redi user, I dont hate it, but at BPCON24 , i met with hemline and their software looked really good to me.I set up a call with them this week so use their demo, and their AI for the maintenance was very helpful.I don't mind rent redi though, I met many people at the conference, stessa was a one pf the populer ones.

Look for areas with job growth, rising populations, and low vacancy rates.

The city is growing and the macroeconomics is great - lots of job growth and population growth and major tech companies moving out here and developing like Intel, Google, Amazon, Meta, etc.

Are employers moving in, is the population growing, is the average household income high, does it have good market fundamentals?