My plan: once I have determined which potential cities meet the 1% criteria, I plan to assess statistics (population growth, job market, crime rates etc.) to help me to determine which areas are most appealing and then dig deeper.

My plan: once I have determined which potential cities meet the 1% criteria, I plan to assess statistics (population growth, job market, crime rates etc.) to help me to determine which areas are most appealing and then dig deeper.

Lets say I raise a bunch of money with the explicit business model of buying up properties with under market rents populated mostly by elderly people on fixed income.

There is still a supply shortage and a lot of population growth.

It finds that, as of late 2020, overall employment in the county was down 9.8 percent compared to the same point in 2019 (and that 9.8 percent was not distributed evenly across the population).

Some sub-markets we are considering are cities in between the major MSAs in NC- Between the Triad, Durham/Chapel Hill and Charlotte- places with growing population, job growth, steady rental increases, and other demographics that justify it being a good place to invest.

@Gavin Morinaga look at crime rates, unemployment rates, population growth, home price, avg rents and price to rent ratio, property tax rate

If I were in a long distance investing situation, I would stick with the larger populated areas.

It will bring up names you can click on the correct name and it will populate the comment box with their names and then they are informed.

My wife has a close friend who is also real estate agent agent in Charlotte, NC, which seems to be a hot spot for buying real estate given the boom in population.