Due to COVID’s effect on the economy, I understand there is a migration from CA & NY towards inner states (source - United Van Lines migration study).

If you're looking for appreciation more, I'd stay in Colorado or other states where people are migrating to like Arizona.

If it's appreciation, look larger trends, such as migration patterns to markets you are considering, company relocations, new developments, etc.Hope that helps! 

it seems like a lot of people from California are migrating to Texas ever since covid happened.  

There will also be more migration from some states to others that is not happening right now.

I’m seeing a lot of investors migrating to industrial during the pandemic.

@Allen WuThere is a huge population migration across the US to the sunbelt, but especially states like FL that are business & landlord friendly, have no state income tax, low property taxes, good weather, low cost of living, access to the ocean, etc. 

This is especially true in this environment where many people are migrating from higher priced properties down to some of the more median priced. 

@Alberto Nikodimov a lot of that growth can be attributed to Polk County which was the #1 County in FL for net new migration and #7 in all of the US!

I know it is a large state and this is a broad question, but what I do know is there are people migrating to Texas at extremely high rates.