However I’d like to know if it’s a growing city for both jobs and population.

My goal is to slowly grow a portfolio at 1 to 2 per year until I have 15-20 properties by the time I retire from the government at 50 years old.

Just to note, there is no harm in keeping it under your personal name until you grow.

In your opinion would it be a better strategy to invest passively in a market like Brooklyn which is appreciating very rapidly average returns of 10-20% cash on cash.Or to invest in low income neighborhoods in Philadelphia and buy 2 family houses making around 20%-30% but not much future growth.I like the idea of building my own portfolio but I have limited access to capital and I don’t want to have a lot of partners to worry about.Any insight would be greatly appreciated.Heshie

I got the feeling that Dallas is expanding rapidly and the supply is dropping while demand continues to rise.

Is the region growing? 

The area where the house is has been growing like crazy and they keep building more and more businesses around here.

Despite the fear mongering, average evictions in LA county are 3 to 6 weeks but part of the idea with LA is you might have less evictions to begin with...jobs, growing economy, tight inventories, competitive tenants, low vacancies etc...In a nut shell, the appeal could be substantially more profits with less hassle if compared to other locations on a longer term hold.

You are correct, they are growing and have a bunch of new development.

There are also a growing number of dependable property management companies in the area.