Just make sure the economy you invest in is diverse and has a growing population.  

Population trend?

Most agents auto populate square footage from tax data in the MLS.

I did hear about Detroit being number one but I definitely want my first property in my portfolio relatively close to where I reside so I can understand a bit easier in terms of the city's growth, population, employment, etc.

I know why I love these pains in the *** that populate this website. 

Given that meetups are mostly populated with people just starting out, how do I go about finding someone who's successfully flipping houses to shadow?

Illinois has been losing population.

Hi AllDoes anyone know a good or a series of combined sources in which it provides the historical record of an area, such as population, economy, occupation and etc?

You're not going to find someone in Poland - population 10.  

IS the population stable, increasing, decreasing....?