The real estate market is hot here too, but it's got enough diversity of submarkets for you to find GREAT cash flow. 

Not to say each brokerage doesn’t have its own culture but do you want to be the newest agent in a building full of agents who all focus on investors or do you want to be the agent doing something  mostly different from the rest by getting your BiggerPockets PhD and being the innovator of your brokerage.All that aside, check out meet ups and meet people in your area that are doing what you want to do.

Brian, real estate is definitely a very diverse field.

It has a more diverse job base and in the long term just seems like a better hold.

It didn't cost much at all compared to the above.A little bit off topic, but Westwood is interesting as well because they are trying to convert Morrison road, the road that cuts diagonally through the neighborhood into a cultural district.

With the amazing shortage of skilled tradesmen and labor in our country (it’s getting worse every day,) the only way is to change the job and culture of the job completely.

As a Hayward resident and Realtor I enjoy the diversity of the community, not just with the people but also in geography.

You would have to feel comfortable with the city, my only recommendation would be to make sure there is a diversity in the businesses and industries.

When learning about your areas, consider your "back yard" as a good place to start and then possibly move out from there when you gain a little experience or your success depends on it.Certain things will effect that like growth and the economy that is diverse. 

Maybe a typo.With a diverse business like yours, whatever techniques exist out there, they need to be coordinated between each other and aligned with your goals.