He also stated that the oil sector is adding jobs.  

But in the multifamily sector, most of the big players have already made their moves.

- and I hope I'm not breaking any rules here on the intro page, but I joined BP because I'm looking for discussions from other rental property owners who have had success greening up their properties and finding the market sector of green-minded tenant who would most appreciate our efforts.

Dealers who have as of now purchased another house will have alleviation from paying two home loans without a moment's delay, and in a moderate housing business sector with numerous homes available to be purchased, this may be their best choice.

.++ Economy ++- Diversity: No dependence on a single job sector/industry – availability of diverse job opportunities.- Job/Economic Growth: Progressive job and GDP growth over the last 5-10 years, or good reasoning why job growth is expected within the next 5-10 years if it hasn’t been present in the past.++ Real Estate Prices ++- Median Price: How much is an average house worth?

Remember to plan some vacancy into your numbers.Remember that in any economic doom-saying RE will be impacted like many other sectors, but that is a result of something much larger, likely impacting jobs which has a direct impact on the availability of quality renters.We're actually in a housing shortage right now.

The article in the OP talks about Warren Buffet dumping equities, specifically the consumer products sector.

Personally, if I was in your situations, the avenues I would look into would be trading real estate options, real estate or loans sales, finance, possibly wholesaling.... sectors that don't take a large amount of capital to start up and where the chance of incurring losses are lower. 

The news yesterday regarding Lending Club will only accelerate the flight of capital away from the marketplace sector.  

I would also consider looking on the east coast where prices are much much lower and there has been a boom in the energy sector.