I may be biased, but Austin, TX is growing with no signs of slowing down.

When we did it for a primary, it was dicey (we were homeless) but SO worth it for the price.I wrote a great article (although I am biased) on short sales for the bigger pockets blog. http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/11/17...

Obviously, I'm biased towards Birmingham, but I noted a bit of data listed above that's a bit out of date.

I am biased, but definitely check out that area.

(Keep in mind my Michigan bias... no one from Michigan likes Ohio haha).I think the other considerations such as taxes, tenant friendliness, cost of living, etc are priced into real estate by other investors.

I'm going to be obviously biased to WA over TX but after growing up in the midwest summers with 99% humidity and now experiencing the 0-10% humidity of eastern WA....I'm never going to live in a humid state again.... 

I think a solid blend of RE and stock holdings will be the wiser choice and its an easy argument for me, but realize this is a RE site so the bias will lean heavily for “passive” income, but stocks are much more passive for sure.

Millennials are afraid of investments due to recency bias of the last recession. 2008 recession was really bad but I do not think we will have that again, developers are building so much fewer homes than in previous periods. 

Why be biased to people having more than one income stream?

Was it because of gender?