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.

@Soh Tanaka I can understand your position about wanting to diversity your portfolio throughout various cities in the US.

Prov has quite a bit of diversity as far as market analysis within the city.  

It would be good to diversity out of real estate with farm investments and life settlements.

Plus, the diversity of jobs by industry here make DFW area excellent area for investing.

Or is the economy diverse such that it can weather a downturn in one industry?

You will quickly find out that Real estate investing is not one animal it is a entire eco system that you need to get very familiar with before you spend your hard earned funds.

You can search on Google for population growth, job growth, median income, diverse jobs, landlord laws, housing growth and prices.

However, if you are in an area where every home is unique, there aren't many recent sales, or there is missing or incorrect public record data, they will be horrible.We find our customers in suburban areas filled with tract homes rave about them, while our rural customers, or those in old cities with a ton of diversity think they are terrible.Even in those tough to value areas though I still think they are pretty useful when making a list of properties in a certain price range.

The economy must be diverse and not be dependent on one business type.If you decide to invest in Turnkey properties they need to have experience and a good track record.