Dallas and Houston moved down.The goal is to help real estate investors, policymakers and local governments understand which geographic areas and job categories will play the largest role in economic growth in the coming decades."

Another way of looking at it is investors are willing to pay 20x NOI in that market, this maybe because the local economic prospects are good and better demographics of people are moving in.

Just to play the devil's advocate...I get what you're trying to do, but a 100% allocation to (presumably US) real estate isn't very diversified at all on a holistic level.I'm a big proponent of a strategic mix of real estate, equities, bonds, precious metals, and/or cash depending on where we are in the economic cycle and what the intermediate term outlook is. 

Works wonderful and economical.

I'm also looking at the overall economic outlook of that city (type of economy?

Advising a client take an economic loss on an investment to save on taxes amounts to malpractice IMHO. 

I’m being offered my senior year to take a Career Pathways in depth business class at a college and I thought I should take advantage either way but since my main focus is Real Estate, I would like to choose a class tailored to that.My options are: Principles of Marketing Business Economics Principles of BusinessPrinciples of FinanceLeadershipWealth management Business strategies I’ve read the descriptions of each one but thought I should get advice from you all which class would be most beneficial for Real Estate specifically.

But, it’s easier said then done, there is the time it will take me to train on my system, effort spent finding and interviewing said person, and ultimately I may end up right where I am today; I have other big life projects (opening a restaurant on a 100’ boat called the Island Caper in Bellingham, wa) and not enough time in the day to manage the 10-units.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/empty-apartments-in-manhattan-reach-record-high-topping-13000.htmlThe number of apartments for rent, or listing inventory, more than doubled over last year and set a record for the 14 years since data started being collectedWhile hundreds of thousands of residents left the city in March and April in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, brokers and landlords hoped many would start returning in July and August.July’s weakness, and what brokers say is already a slow August, suggests that Manhattan’s real estate and economic troubles could extend well into the fall or beyond.As I wrote about many times earlier, the migration from expensive city centers to more luxurious suburban / rural settings is solidifying.

I think that location lends itself well for it due to the proximity to the interstate and all the entertainment venues and restaurants nearby.