Added to that is the arrival of some of the major IT companies in India, like Wipro and Infosys, and the success of domestic IT businesses, which has raised the city to one of the top IT hubs in India, along with creating a huge amount of job opportunities.

I would start off with direct mail to hubs of informaion like code enforcement officers and lawyers in your target area. 

I believe Gary Indiana will become a logistics hub as we have all 4 major forms of transportation with a ton of easy access empty cheap land to these transportation outlets and we need to focus not just on housing but on parks and the college and the airport and roads and industry and resorts on the beach and fun and culture and creating sustainable jobs and reasons for people to move to the city.

If this ends up working for you, please let me know.I'd recommend a kevo quickset smart lock with the kevo smart hub, which allows wifi access to the lock so you can lock/unlock the door from anywhere. eKey handoff is pretty simple with it as well.I haven't looked into the smart smoke detectors or water detectors, but I do like your thinking behind these devices.But from our findings, we've found millennial renters are willing to pay a 10-15% rent premium for smart home amenities, so I'd say its worth looking into to see how IoT devices can impact your bottom line.

The lock needs to be able to work with Samsung Smarthings hub at the property.

I had used REI Hub and one other platform too, and I think Rentastic is going to be the winner.

If you happen to live in a city where there is an airline hub, you can make a killing with "crash pads".

But we should also remember that exurban areas got clobbered in the 2008 collapse, and we are definitely having another correction in the next 2-5 years.The Albany area could be interesting, because it has arrested its population decline and the state is investing major resources in transforming the area into a nano tech hub.  

Rents in this area are strong and continue to ramp up with the surging population, huge tourism and lots of new business moving here (Amazon East Coat hub just announced).  

.- For single-family and small multifamily, you want to see home prices increasing in the metro, - In addition, look for submarkets that are in the path of progress, I strongly prefer areas where there is a key attraction/hub on both sides.