Population Growth, Economic Viability, Historical Investment returns? 

Given that the current economic climate has affected all of the U.S., and as @Mike Ball mentioned, Huntsville is doing quite well in comparison, I would be surprised if Toyota would pull back only to reinvest elsewhere in the United States.

Both are good cash flow markets but in addition to cash flow, they both have good economic and demographic trends such as population and job growth which are important to long term asset values.

That seems to've paid off handsomely so far, even with the covid crisis we've just had.I hope this would be of some help and encouragement to you.

Then I started researching AC units myself and thought Amana units seem to be economically priced and decent quality and their website had a list of local installers.

Nearly Half Of Americans Consider Selling Home As COVID Crushes Finances  Tyler Durden Sat, 06/20/2020 - 22:00As the virus pandemic has metastasized into an economic downturn, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs and are struggling to service mortgage payments.New research offers a glimpse into struggling households, discovers out of the 2,000 American homeowners polled, over half (52%) of respondents say they're routinely worried about making future mortgage payments and nearly half (47%) considered selling their home because of the inability to service mortgage payments.

If I am to draw parallels from that crisis, we may not see the markets bottom out until late 2021 - 2022.

It also would set up infrastructure if the economic situation deteriorates in the future due to strict social distancing requirements or even a possible lockdown.    

Having a college degree isn't necessary to be successful in real estate, but it can be helpful as having a degree can help land a better job, which will help fund deals.As for a specific major, Finance, Economics, Construction/Construction Management, or Accounting would fall in line with real estate investing to varying degrees.

Morning everybody, Hope you guys are doing well during this crisis.