I’ve focused on Fairfield county (south of the Merritt), the shoreline (with the exception of a few towns), and then New Haven through Hartford along I-91. 

Assuming there isn't; can anyone shed light on the Westend / Westgate neighborhoods (south or east of Fairview Ave)? 

Just yesterday, I helped a fellow BP member go under contract on a STR in South Central PA.

Lol - from a guy who moved from Philly to South Florida I'd agree w that statement.

Areas I like that I would consider C+ to B which should give decent cash flow are Orange Park, South Westside area near 295, Murray Hill area, San Jose, eastern area of Mandarin, East Arlington (east of 295), various pockets of the southside around University Blvd, and some others I circled in the red areas.

Used to be south of around 5900 back during covid.

Some of the suburbs South and East of Cleveland on the East-side are nice.

We try to buy multi units for $30K or less in Waukegan, and only in the good areas….nothing on the south side and northing east of Lewis/south of Grand…it is street by street in many areas.  

The strongest trend will probably remain the migration from north to south (FL, TX, NC), out of CA and IL and also a little more away from heat, water shortage, wild fire smoke and storms.Real estate markets move so slow, that short term is realitvley easy to predict based on leading indicators.

The tax rate is higher on flipping, the risk is higher, and having one flip go south can ruin an entire quarter of profits.