I think this strategy has assisted in our growth.

If you want low cost and low growth then that might be okay for you.

I decided to split it up in a partnership to leverage OPM (other people's money) to accelerate my growth.

Good foundational pieces when evaluating a market are; job growth, job diversification, rent growth and population growth.

I have been looking to invest in the town I went to college due to the growth its been experiencing primarily due to growth of the university and have since moved out of state.

Does anyone have advice on how I might accelerate my growth?

Offering to handle some of the time consuming tasks is always a great value add - i.e. showing homes, hosting open houses, drafting contracts, etc.Referrals are great and I'd even go a step further and ask if you can be involved in the transaction to learn as much as possible.

As job, population and rent growth continue to rise adding in job diversification with new corporations relocating to DFW is only continuing to help. 

Ensure to look at factors with aid growth and also look at the supply data for the area.

Or put differently, the average of those 5 cities had almost double the tech growth of the rest of the nation.