All 20 largest metros had positive gains from Mar'17 to Mar'18.

TENANTS FROM HELL #11Car Fire From Hell.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants.

You also have the state's largest employer, The Cleveland Clinic, based here.

but the speculators of the day especially in the high desert out of LA always sold it that it would be the Next LA  well they been saying that for 100 years.. although Palmdale Lancaster has grown to be 50k populations maybe more and people drive into LA to work.. and Edwards airbase is there and it ebbs and flows with govmit jobs.. but most of the other areas are all what we call recreational lands  surrounded by nothing and or border vast tracts of BLM  and State lands and federal lands  be them state parks or federal parks.. just google it.. you will see.one needs to understand in your area lands were divided and lived on starting in the 1600s or earlier in some cases and well established in the 1700 and 1800s  these areas in those areas were still lands of Mexico in some instances and or Spanish land grants.

Otherwise IMO West Coast LA, would be a good choice as it is where East meets West in the largest market  ( most future growth)  and the rest for talent attraction reasons maybe.

Texas, being such a large state, with huge infrastructure systems, I think it is pretty typical of people to have further commutes, whether renting or not.

We recently bought a 5-unit building on NW Kearney Street (right by the hospital) and have an opportunity with our largest unit (+/- 1500 square feet with a private deck and parking spot) to update from a 2/1 to a 3/2.

In Bend, I'm not quite sure what the economy is, other than recreation.

Holley by the Sea is the largest neighborhood by far but there are also a lot of HOA restrictions and you're looking at price points of about $250k+.

Network locally with members and guests of the Tidewater Real Estate Investment Group, one of the largest in the nation, that meets once a month, so just a few hours of your time each month.