You can search locally and even nationwide. 

They have clients nationwide but are actually based in our state (down in Tacoma). 

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

The best adage I heard about 2008 is that all Real Estate is local, but lending was nationwide.

Sure, walmart is one of the largest employers in the country and retail is one of the largest employers nationwide.

I just read an article in PSBJ in the first half of this year, the absorbsion of new office space here is 2.9 million sqft which accounts for more than one third of new office space nationwide. what is more impressive is the request for new space is 7.3 mil so if everything goes as planned we are only halfway through. one new office job will add 3 to 4 service jobs. so think about how many new jobs will be added in the future. compare to Seattle, the new office space absorbsion in San Francisco is only 255k sqft. that explains the stall of appreciation in that market.

I have learned from so many of the BP community, forged new relationships, created friendships, found private money partners and deals, formed a women investor mastermind group with women nationwide, met my partner who I just launched the Real Estate InvestHER podcast. 

Unless Trump is able to do away with special education laws, the demand for my profession has grown every single year for the past few decades, nationwide, and is projected to continue on that trajectory.

The eviction memorandum is nation wide.

A 22.8% cap rate property should not be expected to run smoothly, especially with the market as tippy-toppy as it currently is pretty much nationwide (anywhere investment-worthy is currently in a seller’s market where a 10-12 cap is about as high as one should look for unless they specialize in repositioning distressed properties).