Calculate the population change for different age ranges using the population age data for the most current year and the five previous yearsThe increase or decrease of the proportion of people in specific age ranges will dictate the property types that will be in the most demand.Job DiversityCensus.gov under the “Selected Economic Characteristics” tableDetermine whether a specific industry is responsible for a large percentage of jobs or not.Best Case:A market with outstanding job diversity will have no single industry that employs more than 25% of the employed population20% is e even betterDecent Case:If one single industry does employ more than 25% of the employed population, it’s one you trust the future of.This is determined by:Looking at the top employers or businesses and your research (talking to locals, reading local articles)Top Employers and BusinessesFind this information by Googling “CITY NAME + TOP EMPLOYERS)Determine the top 10 employers in the marketIf a certain industry is dominant in a market, analyzing the top employers and businesses allows you to determine whether the majority of those jobs are provided by one or two companies, or whether the risk is spread across multiple companies.This will allow you to track any developments within that company (are they creating a new facility, or cutting jobs?)

I know he's not too recent (depending how that is determined) since he passed away earlier this year and probably has not been on the site since the beginning of the year at best. perhaps logins and/or frequency of logins is what I was more concerned about than posts... you're right... posts don't necessarily give much weight other than "activity level" on the site.this noted, I just wondered whether recent activity was working OR maybe how it determines if a member is recent... however, the other question would be the criteria for "recent activity" status for a member.ANYWAY... nonetheless, it's a definitely great feature that allows users to connect locally.

@Denise Alberto , Account Closed , @Jessica Yau , @Ralph E. , @Bill Bockwoldt , @Minh L. , @Jimmy Tu , @Tosin Olatunbosun Obviously, many of my tags did not work.

@Ralph E.

@Ralph E.

@Ralph E. , @Chris Music , and @Jaren Barnes are all joining us at our East Bay Meetup next Tuesday evening in Oakland I believe.

Thanks @Stacy E. for the suggestion!

Just a few questions--Have you read the E Myth revisited?

trying to weight the pros and cons in buying and running a parking lot.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There might be other bugs not know since the upgrade.I also sent Josh an e-mail but do not know if he ever received it or not.