These are mid-sized towns but growing, started with the college but are growing in diversity of industry.

Develop a solid and diverse network of contractors and suppliers and learn to project manage your renovations, or hire somebody who can do that for you rather than hiring one “General” Contractor.

(Ideally this should be diverse)4.  

To give some perspective on the comment from @Josh Caldwell:If you visited the Port Richmond area of Philadelphia, then you probably had a chance to see some parts of Kensington as well - where due to drug use there are parts of that neighborhood that have deteriorated to the point of being close to fitting the "war zone" description; and that neighborhood is more racially diverse than how you had described your take on "war zone".

Diverse resident employment profile at a property (meaning do many property residents work for one major employer or are there many employers) 4.

We appreciate the diversity and we love sharing our home, our block, and our city with all of them.You say we should wait until Landrieu and crew get their ducks in a row and figure out how to regulate.

Invest in a more diverse portfolio like Betterment, Wealthfront, or RealtyShares3.

So far I love BP especially the diversity of levels of experience that BP members have.

make the commitment to read/studylisten of the niche you'd like to focus on.BP is a great place to get going, with ideas to put into practice.There are diverse views and that is normal for a forum

What I do also encourages growth while protecting long-term homeowners and creating neighborhoods that are economically and racially diverse such as certain areas in Philly.