Newbie from Oakland, CA

[Scott Kinney]

Greetings all,

My girlfriend and I want to start acquiring rental real estate. Maybe start with single family homes. We live in Oakland, CA. I'd love to find something local, house hack or what-have-you but this market just seems too overpriced and I'm hearing rents are starting to cool or drop. If we buy something at these prices based on currents rents then rents drop we're gonna have a bad time. Is that a good way to look at it? 

So we are looking out of town or out of state, maybe Tulsa (my brother lives there). Any advise on Tulsa specifically or how to find good areas in general would be appreciated.

Thanks everyone!

Scott Kinney