If you're investing there for the mere fact that one day it's going to boom I would stay away.

If you want to learn about REI or any other kind of investing, find someone who has boomed, busted and then built it back up.

I just decided to close own FB and focus on bigger pockets for my socializing needs and boom!  

The reason we bought in Seattle is to take advantage of the booming tech market and take a chance in case it becomes the next "San Francisco" in terms of home prices.  

Those tenants who were living there (which was their best option as proof by the fact that's where they chose to spend their rent) are now homeless or off to find something worse.Read The Housing Boom and Bust by Thomas Sowell.  

Boom!

In the last recession my line of work was booming, better than it is now actually.

If you Memphis is your best appreciation play market you are probably doing it wrong (although, we are booming) and if your whole thing is just hanging schtick is just hanging out telling other people your way is better.... go get a more productive hobby.

Pittsburgh had two building booms before the regular advent of drywall: the main one from 1890-1929 and a short secondary boom from 1945 to about 1950.

Most property managers are nothing more than rent collectors.