Looking for new markets

[Tyler Anderson]

I have been investing in real estate for the past 10 plus years and have numerous rental properties throughout the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.  Over the last three years, the market has become grossly over-priced from a buy and hold perspective.  The last 15 or so properties I have purchased have been in an area about 2 hours north of the cities which has been great.  I am looking to diversify out of state and am looking for suggestions for areas with good investment opportunities for buy and hold.  I want to buy about 5 properties per year. I am indifferent between single family to multi-family as long as the numbers make sense.  My thought is that I would like a market with at least 150,000 people in the metropolitan area so it has a good tenant base however not too large as to attract larger investors such as institutional investors, pension funds, etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.