I don't won't to spend time in an area finding that great buy that won't move because of economic or other factors. 

The consortium believes the Shark’s have inadvertently created an economic opportunity.The acquisition gives the leaders in the crowdfunding industry a unique opportunity to “change the Tycoon portal into an educational platform to show the world why the Sharks were wrong about the industry,” said Jordan Fishfeld CEO of Peer Realty.Many Calara, CEO of CrowdFranchise, alluded to opening up their platform to non-accredited investors following the release of final rules of Title III of the JOBS Act.

I am curious if other real estate investors/developers on here have developed a "system" of how best to efficiently utilizing the City/County's different departments (Planner, Economic Development, Permits, Building,etc).

Our February meeting includes a presentation by the Worcester Director of the Office of Economic Development and will be informative for Worcester investors. 

@Elke Cardella  I do inside the city not surrounding areas but I have heard many of the lower social economic class are moving out of the city to Owings Mills.

This model is pretty recession proof as the pieces that make up the puzzle are not based on economic trends, rather the laziness of people.

It is very easy to find a talking head or article that will speak of different economic events which are imminent!

Look into Cleveland, its got good cashflow potential with appreciation happening as well.Looking for appreciation come to Columbus, there are still 1% deals, but the more attractive part is the population growth and other economic drivers!

You could also try to air bnb the properties but there are a lot of rules in Vegas with this depending on the location.Vegas is cheap still and economically on the rise with rents and appreciation of home values.

Markets like Destin or the Smoky Mountains continue to perform well, even in economic down turns because of their accessibility.