If you would like background on each criteria, let me know.Metro population >1MBoth the state and metro populations are increasingLow crimeLow operating costs (taxes, insurance)Limited urban sprawlMetro rent and price growth rate > inflationLandlord/tenant rules and regulationsOnce you select a location, work with local property managers to identify a tenant pool segment with a high concentration of dependable tenants.

As a result, they concentrate on full rental properties and modest multi-family ventures.

The safest way to develop these is face-to-face and local real estate clubs are the easiest way to find the greatest concentration of lenders.This is a list of 41 real estate clubs between Ann Arbor and Detroit from Meetup.com.

If so would you be so kind to lead me in the correct direction.Ultimately I want to be able to look at the data and say ok the five areas (down to specific cities/towns/MSAs) in the country that have the largest job growth are............ and then concentrate on these areas to rule them out.Is it out there?

I am just starting to get involved in real estate investment, concentrating on a buy-and-hold strategy with commercial multifamily properties located mainly on the west side of Cleveland. 

As those will be the most concentrated areas of urine and odor. 

Those that are doing a basic breakdown for year one cashflow expectations are bound to be disappointed and/or end up purchasing in non-ideal areas with little to no appreciation over time.As far as the city goes: generally you'll see new builds all along the out rims of the city but more of your concentrations of small multi's will be in the inner pockets.

Although, I would prefer the reit to be into mostly commercial properties vs SFHs unless those sfhs were mostly heavily concentrated in Calif and that is still just a maybe compared to the more focused commercial reits. 

(you could also ask the Police Department to focus more patrols in these areas too).This way it seems like it would be more likely to attract investors and (safe) people to live there because they could lower their risk by concentrating in smaller areas at once vs just Flint.Carpenter to Hemphill, Clio Rd to Center Rd, it's not that big of a place, and you wouldn't need to number the whole area, just certain focus segments clustered around gentrifying business areas (because you are not going to replace the entire problem population--only butt up against them). 

But have a lot of other advantages vs. conventional or DTI-based non-QM such as:-No DTI qualification (no income verification)-Ability to borrower through an entity like an LLC with partners-much less documentation than conventional -much less size or concentration limits