You can't judge an area solely on crime rate and employment and salary data, but it certainly helps.

Minimum qualifications that I typically look for with tenants are a 600-620 credit score, need to be making at least 2.5-3x the monthly rent in combined income (verify their employment by making a call/googling), and I don't like to see any previous evictions/certain felonies for background check.

And buyers simply cannot afford to add to their DTI due to the lack of affordability and looming employment issues over our head.No one will sell, unless they are forced to.

If you are identifying individual private money lenders, you can consider having a conversation with them about using their IRA, previous employer 401ks, or other retirement accounts.

But we know that 99% + of people paying for mentorships are no longer even trying to employ those strategies or techniques within - 12 months.  

To qualify for a Solo 401(k), you need to have self-employment income, or W-2, within an owner only business, that is you are the only owner.

Note, if your 401k is all with the same employer you have always had, and you are still working there, you likely can't move it.

Ongoing construction projects valued between $26 billion and $30 billion fuel employment opportunities.

If employer doesnt match, might as well do a standard ira if you qualify.

Around $87k median income and high employment rates.