Which market to begin REI

[Nike Onyechi]

Hi BPers, 

I am on the verge of starting my RE investment journey, but completely stuck on which market to go for. (I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, so investing locally is not an option financially for me). 

I've narrowed the options down to:

• San Antonio
• Lincoln
• Cleveland

My simple criteria was to go for 2nd/3rd largest cities (that have growing populations) in investor friendly states. 

I would like to start with 3/2 SFH OR small MFHs (ideally duplex) while I gain my REI muscles. My budget is 200k.

Thoughts and comments welcome!