One guy I am thinking of specifically now does purchases in many states and does speaking engagements across the country.Keep in mind that many people migrate to MFD purchases and only do a handful of purchases or one big purchase every year.

I'm currently working as a Global Migration Analyst working for Colgate-Palmolive travelling on a weekly/monthly basis overseas, I'm currently looking for jobs back in Atlanta so that I can self fund and finally give myself better footing in the Atlanta Real Estate Market, to meet more of you and to ultimately learn and see how the real estate business functions.

Over the past 10 years there has been lots of migration towards Belton or portions of Temple within BISD.  

For instance, I think Pittsburgh is a great market because it has affordable housing and is a place popular for young professional migration.

Knowing the comps in the market, then a proper estimation of repairs with a built in expectation of things taking longer than expected and/or going wrong, and then applying your big data to the situation could be a powerful tool.Another thing if you wanted to catch a trend, looking at population migration and job growth/decrease in tertiary and secondary markets.

People migrate instead of renovate, people are moving off to larger cities, the population is aging (leaving less people who may likely rent), and the population is decreasing.

Denver's prices have had a big run-up; in-migration from wealthier areas has been strong. 

My hypothesis is a process like this occurs, (this is likely too simple though to be predictive):Population Growth (Natural) ---> GDP Growth ---> Job Creation ---> Domestic Migration ---> Increased Personal Income ---> High Property Prices (assuming constant supply)Macroeconomic Demand Factors (individually or in specific combination):Increasing populationPositive net migrationIncreasing GDPIncreasing total jobsIncreasing Personal Income/CapitaIncreasing average earnings/jobIndustry DiversityFavoured IndustriesMicroeconomic Demand Factors:SchoolsCrimeWalkabilityChanging demographics/area reputationetcI look forward to your comments.Regards,Jacob

if you want to stay west coast Portland Oregon.. is pretty solid.number one in migration state in the entire US...

Just look at the nearest high-priced city, and that's where you'll see the migration source.