I actually made my first offer today in the neighboring city due to the fact that there is a trend of wealthy people migrating towards the east which is increasing development and property value in that area.

Tons of migration here from Bay Area Millenials, inventory is low so prices and rents have gone through the roof in the past few years.

A bit about me: I'm an engineer in the mining industry by trade, originally from southern CA but have migrated my way across the country to eventually land in Alaska, working outside Fairbanks but living down in Anchorage when not at work.

@John Thomson the answer is, in the very basic 'big picture' (skip to last paragraph for small picture), the numerical 'volume' of net migration to your area.

There are more and more people migrating to the Southeast than in any other section of the country, however some of those areas are already overpriced and don't make great cash flow scenarios for the turnkey model. 

He has a severe cockroach infestation that has migrated over to my property along with the odors.

The rental demand especially in Lake County is incredibly high with a lot of people migrating from Illinois.

There are rough numbers as mentioned below, but they depend on how you properly classify the location. urban, suburban, net migration, total migration/movement, etc.

Also, rent growth is driven by pressure from the migration of renters into a particular market for various reasons, the most likely being job growth.

Project 80% complete, migrating out of hard money into permanent debt structure, seeking non-recourse loan to fund the final leg of work and repay HML in one go.