It is best to be in an area that has a diverse economy and a growing population.  

@Joshua McGinnisThe economy is extremely diverse in the Dallas / Fort Worth metropolitan area. 

It's much more of a diverse economy and w/the port has a lot of strength to carry through.http://sanantonio.culturemap.com/news/city-life/01...

This alone makes it one of the "must visit" sites.They also offer the most diverse mixture of asset classes and investment types of any site (every combination of commercial/residential, debt/equity, direct investment/fund).

Further, stocks have been in a huge bull market, so there's no reason that all these asset classes won't move in lockstep, and I am unconvinced that they truly represent diversity.

I appreciate the diverse perspectives, you have given me lots to think about.

Houston is so diverse, it really depends on the submarket.  

Brevard county is large and diverse, it's a good idea to specialize in a locale-What type of properties do you want to sell?

Hope your diversion plan works.

Also, if you're familiar with SD you'll know that the further you go from DT/ hillcrest/NP the less diverse it gets and as a young black couple with no kids, we really don't want to live too far in the "suburbs".Because my wife was attending grad school for the last 2-3 years, we tried to live modestly in a small 1bd 1ba 600 sq ft ($1K/m) but had pest problems in the first 2 place we lived in (cockroaches were coming in from an open bathroom fan in the 1st place and from the pluming in the kitchen wall in the 2nd place).