My real estate background is strong and diverse. 

Multiple Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries.What are your thoughts? 

There's a weekly meetup at Big Daddy's burger restaurant  (I-183/Burnett) w/a sizeable group (40-50 folks) covering diverse niches that I would recommend.  

Growing population and diversity is important. 

., I agree with @Russell Brazil 100% You don't have to be in markets like Austin or Los Angeles to diversify, I'm very familiar with both of those markets as I lived in Los Angeles/Orange County, CA. most of my life, you can get the same type of diversity and ROI's in our region here in the DMV area.

I grew up my whole life in that zip code it is pretty diverse. 

There's a diverse job market and lots of development.

Bigger Pockets is a very diverse community and there are a great number of investors and real estate professionals that are worth getting to know.

There are so many diverse neighborhoods which provides flexibility to you as the investor because you can choose the class of tenant that you want to rent to.Overall, we plan to make this forum a welcoming environment for all new investors and provide valuable information and guidance for those just starting out.

I'm doing this alongside another job as well and through doing this I hope to better myself and increase my knowledge for after college so I can have a diverse portfolio to help me with my future career.