I have established a good relation with a bank located downtown in Miami Florida since I opened an account years back and my father is an investor himself.I will certainly start watching those webinars here at biggerpockets to get more details, but I am more appreciated hearing peoples experiences and points of view about the areas I have mentioned above regarding population growth and cash flow properties in those places.I am really happy to hear your feedback and will be following for some more.

The property is the last thing to worry about, investigate the economic climate of the are, population growth and job growth. 

My real estate strategy is to build a portfolio of Buy & Hold Multifamily properties in growth markets.I was born in Anaheim, California and grew up in a small town called McKinleyville in northern California.  

I've just joined and can recommend readings but am more interested in personal growth and smashing limitations which I then apply to how I navigate projects but it's a broader approach.

@Cornelius Charles Thank you for sharing your immense success story with us!

I've identified a potential growth area that is in a rural situation with potential growth with highly educated students and staff. 

I’ve never dealt with rentals or being a landlord, but I do want to keep the house as opposed to sell it since it’s in a high-growth area.

But generally, you want to look for job growth and/or population growth/stability and a variety of employers.

@Justin Pierce that makes sense, I am most favoring Austin, TX right now with an estimated population growth of roughly 11% by 2020 among other factors.

I will be in GR next weekend to look at some multi-family units, but have no experience in that market and am overall new to real estate investing.Grand Rapids is an intriguing market for me, because the property values are not too inflated yet (like they are near me in the royal oak/berkley/clawson areas of Metro Detroit), the job/population growth is fairly strong there, and i think there will be some appreciation opportunity as well.