Hi Daniel,
I'm also from CT, Lebanon CT. I was wondering what you ended up doing? I'm in a similar situation as yourself last year. The local market does not entice me and we have poor job growth and negative population growth with a failing local government bent on spending and raising taxes. I was wondering if you ended up buying local or went with one of the markets you listed below. I have done a lot of research and I am down to Raleigh, Charlotte, Columbus, Jacksonville. I would consider other parts of FL also. I have pretty good spreadsheet on 120 cities that I have accumulate and would be happy to share.
I was looking at the PWC report for 2020, 1 Austin, 2 Raleigh, 4 Charlotte. the thing is all these are tier 1 markets and I'm sure there is a lot of competition and the big boys will be bidding me out all the time. I'd rather go in a tier 2 city and one this is not at the top of the list. Jax is 23.....seems ok. Columbus 27...and I just heard that Columbus has great cash flow. Would love to hear what you went with and what made you pick that area?
Thanks!