As a new investor I would strongly recommend staying local to you where you can physically touch the property.

Manchester strong rents, but getting into the market can be tough, as multis are priced accordingly.

My desired strategy would be to call property owners behind on taxes expecting them to be strongly motivated to sell. 

Midwest is strong for cash flow with small appreciation.

our second has come to us the night before with a concern though asking if we can "guarantee" the unit is "properly" cleaned with "appropriately strong products". 

Typically markets with strong appreciation will have strong rent growth as well.

But I continued to buy rentals and I'm glad I did.Do you have a strong financial position - no or low credit card debt, low overhead each month, etc.?

But after evaluation and getting numbers back on expenses vs income, I’d cash flow about $500 on 5 bdr 2 bath.My realtor said the offer we put in was very strong and gave the option to waive the inspection saying he had previously seen this happen on a property that was fairly new as well.

One big reason that institutional investors allocate a portion of their capital to real estate, is that it doesn't correlate strongly with the stock market.

I’ve been waiting to chime in because frankly the Coronavirus has been a strong change agent.