How to choose where to invest in real estate (1)

Real estate investment is the many people's favorite, but how to find a good area to invest in is an important decision. A booming city house will be of great appreciation potential, and a decline of the city (such as Detroit) seems to be a nightmare for real estate investors. How to find a good place for investment? The most common is the word of mouth, but in fact also can DIY. For most initial study, I would use the topmetroarea.com. This website allows users to easily select ideal metro areas. The selection criteria included the number of population, population growth, GDP, GDP growth, withunemployment rate, the value of the house, the house growth, foreclosure rate, delinquency changes, etc., as shown in the following figure. With these measures, it is not difficult find ideal metro areas for real estate investment.