In order to be included in this study, the homes had to be in a metropolitan area with a population of more than two hundred thousand.

Job growth/diversity, population growth, landlord laws, path of progressWhat are your overall goals?

With our aging population I can see a huge opprotunity to purchase these homes but need to figure out a pricing strategy that can be used to buy them preferably on a land contract while letting owners continue to live in them.

I do know that people have a little more of their income to keep and will probably use that not their primary residence to some extent. 3) Price point seems attractive to me vs CA prices and mortgage/expenses will be manageable if I have to make payments during vacancy periods. 4) Growing population and strong job markets.Am I on the right track with identifying where I am going to start building out my team of professional (PM, Realtors, Lenders, etc.)?

The problem is that the population is declining in rural America and Colorado is no exception.

In my experience, I will stay on big metropolitan area, with positive population growth.   

@Benjamin Barredo Job growth and population growth are huge for gauging the health of an investment area.

I am just starting to understand real estate investing and Austin looked promising from growing IT and population growth perspective.

Hi all,I have a property in an area that has a fairly large immigrant population.  

There are specific parameters you'll need to hit, such as minimum loan amount, minimum number of properties in the portfolio, and the location will have to have a certain population density in order to be considered.