I am also going to analyze foreclosure rates (assuming those rates posted on certain websites are accurate), and I want to analyze number of foreclosures in relation to populations and demographics.  

Considering our budget and goals, which of these areas do you think offers the best balance of investment factors such as taxes, home prices, demographics, and economy?

If you want to just flood a specific neighborhood, there are certain sources for that, while if you want to target a specific demographic there are others that are better.

Hey anyone have advice for specific submarkets within Anderson Indiana.How about local real estate, economic market and demographic trends?

The first thing that I usually do is take a look at the demographics:1970462,768−13.1%1980357,870−22.7%1990328,123−8.3%2000292,648−10.8%2010261,310−10.7%Est. 2016256,902−1.7%Right off of the bat you have to decide how comfortable you are with those decade-over-decade numbers.  

You could also possibly benefit from their buying power, their network of specialists trade guys, their knowledge of the market, of the demographic, etc.

Do you track specific demographic or other information to explore other markets?  

You could also show rental comps, demographic trends, sales comps, rehab budget and return analysis, hold period, your experience, general plan for the property, etc.It doesn't have to be fancy just real and accurate data.

In a gentrifying area, as a minority, I am sensitive to the demographic.

I'm attempting to narrow my criteria for multifamily properties here in Houston and having trouble filtering through websites for demographic information.