Will those be affected by a down turn- manufacturing vs healthcare?  

I don’t mind paying $2k per month for family health care.

It is true that healthcare staff is constantly looking for housing options in the cities they are traveling to for an assignment.

We bought a SFH with a separate detached cottage and rented the cottage out to someone in healthcare.

She also had free healthcare insurance that covered all her medical expenses but got a huge settlement from our HOA insurance anyway.

It would be like taking a job with a terrible salary because the health care coverage was great. 

What's your plan for health care?  

Madison is anchored by UW healthcare industry and state government and those drivers are not going anywhere. 

If you're looking for appreciation, the two strongest influences on demand (and appreciation) are population and job growth, so monitor those.If you're looking at which markets are volatile, that is impacted by many variables... population growth, job growth, job/industry diversity, local politics/regulation, development etc...Example: San Antonio's economy and job market is really driven mostly by health care and aerospace. 

The economy is very diverse with multiple tech companies, universities, healthcare, military, import/export, etc.