We decided that we were best served to create our own tenants in the commercial sector rather than going for single family homes or small multi-family units.

I came into real estate and property management with a masters degree, after careers in the military, public sector, and higher education.

It was meant that if you were a non-local investor what information would help you to better decide to move into a sector / city and what would cause you not to.

Depending on your experience you could look into:Finance sector - residential and commercial loans, hard money, etc. 

On the one hand the buy to let sector seems to have a lot of repossessions coming as the tax law bites but that could create opportunity too.

So rather than having a bias to or away from any sector just look at where returns are now and invest there. 

Huge job growth with extremely stable economy (government and university largest employers) with medical sector about to explode here and of course tech is booming as well.  11th largest city in the nation and predicted to double in size within 20 years. 

@Kris BensonUpcoming events for Q4 include: SIOR World Conferences - October 11-13 in Denver, CO:SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) hosts a bi-annual conference that connects top brokers, agents and professionals in commercial real estate for three days of relationship-building, educational workshops (redeemable for real estate continuing education credit in some states), and social opportunities.CORENet Global Summit - October 14-17 in Boston, MA: CORENet Global Summit attracts over 2,000 attendees from the corporate real estate sector and features over 200 speakers and 100 breakout educational sessions, providing ample opportunities to network and expand your industry knowledge.NAIOP CRE.Converge - October 15-17 in Washington, DC: Organized by NAIOP (National Association for Industrial and Office Parks), CRE.Converge is attended by over 1,500 commercial real estate professionals and provides engaging programming from industry leaders.Private Equity Real Estate Forum - October 23 in Napa Valley, CA: The Private Equity Real Estate Forum will host workshops covering a range of topics, including the rise of commercial real estate debt and the effect of ‘Trumponomics’ on commercial real estate investment.NAR Realtors Conference & ExpoNAR - November 2-5 in Boston, MA: (National Association of Realtors) is the largest trade organization in the U.S., boasting a membership of over 1.3 million professionals involved in commercial and residential real estate.

So what does the future hold a recession of a major financial collapse, perhaps worldwide.

**In light of the current worldwide pandemic, lenders have become really tough on cash out refis though so be careful.