Estimated day time population is 4500 within a one mile radius and 50,000 withen a 5 mile radius.

Look for job growth, population growth, economic diversity, and friendly regulations.

Once you have this team in place, you should be able to confidently invest in any market.As for picking a specific market - I would go after one with an increasing job and population growth.

Then get a population count. 

Many of these places have declining and aging populations and hence a diminishing tax base. 

County is a collection of villages and suburbs doesn’t do justice to a place that’s bigger than 40 U.S. states in population, bigger economically than almost all of them.

You’d want to do it in an area with a large professional millennial population.

Georgia, North Carolina and Florida have seen growth in areas like population, employment and rent.

I think last year we had an irrational run based on fear and don't think we'll see the same rapid run up in the near future but even the historical appreciation of the last 25 years driven by business and population growth is good for me!

Sometimes we just have to play nice to get a deal done in some of the lesser populated Texas counties as there "ain't nobody else"