I am looking in markets near me so i am driving/walking around the neighborhood to get a good idea of what the demographics and potential is like.Looking to master analzying deals which can in turn make it easier to obtain financing and possibly wholesale properties.Would anyone in the Sacramento/Natomas area like to get together on analyzing deals?

Their are many reasons why this is happening, one of which being the millennial demographics wanting to be more mobile in todays new world.

I had blogged about city choice here, and was a bit more for places like Charlotte than Birmingham given their secular demographic trend.I may be missing something, so don't hesitate to share facts about where good turnkey providers with properties that make sense can be found, or PM me.

Of course, this coincided with a country wide demographic trend back to the city core; they didn't just create demand out of thin air. 

Brandon, have you used the USPS demographics tool?

In Charleston were we are working its crazy what was once a hood next to the downtown core is seeing reverse flight... and old houses in terrible condition  are selling for 100 to 150k as is fixers.. then reselling after MAJOR reno's for 300 to 500k... all to hipsters that are changing the demographics in that city.Its not a real surprise what happened in Detroit.. once a great city of 1.6 million it lost companies, jobs by the thousands and ended up having a huge amount of surplus housing that was literally abandoned... and being such nice little brick homes its not like other areas were abandoned homes kind of fall down they just sit proudly vacant hoping that kids don't hurt them... 

there are in my opinion great oppourtunities in the marketplace today ,you may have to move outside your geographic  area,the internet has revolutized the way business is done in all industries,what is a popular way of investing in todays marketplace is virtual investing,complimemts of google and mobile ,using google maps in addition to full pictorial of the interior of the property in addition to a proforma that you can pull up on your mobile for a turkey rental is the way a lot of investors are buying out of town properties as far as 2000 miles away from the subject especialy if the investor is doing any type of owner finacing as his exit stratergy to sell  the property,this can eliminate some of the hassles of property management,when you're getting cash on cash returns of 30% in some areas of the country,by the way these properties are not in war zones ,the decision to invest outside your area is almost a no brainer ,but proceed with caution,you always want to make sure you are dealing with competent professionals,there are areas in the country like indiapolis and Baltimore that have great inventory,baltimore where I operate the properties have a high rent to value index,if you want to go south Birmingham ala is another area,but you always want to do your due diligence as it pertains to demographics,market and neighborhood analysis

Phil Hi Philip,Thought I would chime in with a few blogs I wrote for Bigger Pockets a while back that will compliment what @Charles Worthmentioned.Always focus on establishing trust and relationships with key individuals before looking at the stats and demographics of a particular area.See blog below:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/11/15/3-types-of-risks-real-estate-investors-regularly-take/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/07/26/sight-mind-real-estate-investing-afar/Thanks and I hope you find them useful.Have a great day.

If I didn't have that demographic, if it didn't skew that way, I wouldn't want nearly as many 1-bedrooms as I have.

I've been doing research on population growth and property demographics in the area and I noticed an interesting statistic.