Idk it could be me but nothing appraises high there.

I am left to wonder, though some investors with SFR's are doing it successfully, is the risk too high for the reward?

another issue it is about 18 months wait to get a Cabin started due to high demand for builder.  

@Tanya Maslach I highly recommend that you look up/connect with Nobel Crawford, he focuses on corporate placements and teaches clients how to do the same 

Ironically, high income earners can make more passive income through tax mitigation than they can through buying high cash flow deals in nearly every situation. 

You'll meet many of his existing students, and learn about their experiences, without a high-pressure sales pitch. 

I'm not a fan of complicated electronic locks because they have a high failure rate and are often very easy to hack.

Finally from a purely from a cash outlay prospective short term, you could rent a house with roommates and your payment would still probably be Lower than house hacking because rates are so high, over the long period 5-10 years obviously it would cheaper ti buy, hope that makes sense 

Of course the high crime statistics cannot be ignored in these cites, however I'm planning to buy only in the nicer/low crime neighborhoods which hopefully eliminates most of the crime risk.I was wondering if any of you could provide feedback on comparing these 3 cities.

Well, I wouldn’t go that far, people throw that word around too much these days but I would say they made a lot of promises that they haven’t kept and paint a very unrealistic picture with an extremely high pressure sales scheme that does a disservice to the vast majority of their students.