Everything I've learned on here have suggested staying diverse so don't completely give up on multifamily, but definitely focus most of your attention on where you see the most gains.

I invest in Cody/Powell area but am looking at outside markets that are more diverse.

One of my favorite things about Chicagoland is the diversity of opportunities.

Look for primary and secondary metro areas where there is growing population, growing and diverse employment, and steadily increasing rents.

The plan is to deploy several hundred thousand in capitol (from a post tax brokerage account) split up across 5 investments or so to start for the sake of both Diversity and possible Passive pairing to help with taxes (Ex one may give more losses and other more passive income and thus offset). 

I have a fairly diverse construction knowledge covering almost all aspects of home building, renovation etc.

I did look into OKC as well, but not sure if the market is diverse enough in terms of job opportunities. 

The economy is so diverse our risk of a major localized recessions is much lower than Charlotte (too concentrated in banking).

If 2M is your restore net worth diversity, If its a small percentage, maybe keep it all in real estateFinally I recommend you don’t disclose you have that kind of money on a public site.

Your mom is investing in a good place with diversity and population growth.