I am not a lawyer, but it's important to be aware of the fair housing laws in your state and the laws that protect applicants from being discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age and other protected identities.

I live in NC so my answer may be biased- however the southeast has shown great progress during COVID and is continuing to grow.

That's why all of ours are through local banks and not to mention I work for a community bank so a little biased. 

I'm just a bit biased towards traditional buy and hold apts. 

I’m a bit biased because I grew up in the region but Denton is hopping and growing exponentially.

Though I'm biased of course, my Dad has been a CPA for over 20 years and recently went out on his own.

The decent producing Realtors, the ones that sell a fair amount of homes, already know what's up and aren't doing a lot of hands on hips drama routines with pointless threats and all that (top producers never do drama routines anyways, it's a characteristic of being a top producer, and in case someone takes this as gendered commentary because I referenced hips, it is decidedly not gender specific, drama propensity is equal opportunity in this case), but the lower producing realtors are all working on their Ph.D's in Drama Llama Sciences. 

Being local I’m bias but I think you can find the perfect lender in texas.

Good Morning @Scott Hamilton I am a little biased on the Ohio Market, I have been investing in large and small cities for about 9 years and doing very well.  

Hey Reuben,I'm biased towards Philadelphia hahaI can't say too much about New Jersey, but I am finding some solid multi families here around Philly.