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23 February 2021 | 6 replies
@Gavin Morinaga look at crime rates, unemployment rates, population growth, home price, avg rents and price to rent ratio, property tax rate
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24 February 2021 | 11 replies
If I were in a long distance investing situation, I would stick with the larger populated areas.
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25 February 2021 | 7 replies
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.
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24 February 2021 | 7 replies
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.
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23 February 2021 | 1 reply
They have a high population density.
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16 March 2021 | 3 replies
I tend to mainly stay in one county of about 600,000 in population.
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23 February 2021 | 5 replies
Both neighborhoods have high student populations as Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College are right there.
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10 August 2022 | 3 replies
You could go with just population moving which would be easier to find.
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18 August 2022 | 19 replies
Also, it has lots of job opportunities and population growth.
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15 August 2022 | 1 reply
I have identified some markets that seem to have a stable population with stable rents, near hotspot cities for plenty of employment.