Akron is concentrated around a university and hospitals.

See their prices and how many reviews they have and whether those reviews are concentrated or spread out over many months.

Some things to consider include the employment situation and incomes in an area, population trends, the health of the local economy, whether major employers are coming to the area or leaving, whether the area has a diversified economy or is concentrated on a particular industry, etc.

They exist but will be concentrated in older communities.

So we concentrated on paying off the debt in her name first, and I even used some of my own line of credit, credit cards, etc to help pay some of hers. 

I will say just pay her and keep going with your business, concentrate on having a great system to minimize your losses and create more income.

Also, because I have a preference for buy and hold I want to concentrate my portfolio in as small an area as possible.

Some background on myself - I have my BS in Business Admin, concentration in financial economics, I have a CA real estate agent license, and I've worked in commercial real estate for about 3.5 years, managing R&D and office buildings.

.), keeping away from the 'inner-city' of Ft Worth, and concentrating on the Loop 820 radius, just inside a couple of miles as well as outside until you reach more rural type areas where the population density is lower.

While true, Raleigh and RTP got smoked in 2001-2002 because of our telecom concentration.