Best tech cities for real estate investing?

[Kamran Ahmad]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on BiggerPockets, I've found the site to be immensely useful and am looking forward to getting more involved as I make a start on my real estate adventures.

As I'm planning to move to the States to transition into the tech industry soon, I'm in the interesting position of having total flexibility as to where I live (provided that it's in a tech hub). That considered I'd like to maximize my real estate investing opportunities and am looking to choose a city that will accommodate my plans of accumulating a multifamily rental portfolio.

Two options that I'm currently considering are Raleigh NC and Austin. In the Austin scenario I reckon I'd probably end up investing in San Antonio where the cash flow is more reasonable. And I hear that Raleigh is ready to boom but still has a fair few good buy to rent opportunities.

I figure San Francisco is basically out of the question at this point, so some other options could include, Seattle, San Jose, and Charlotte to name a few.

Basically my question is.... what would you do in this situation?