I came across some reddit post on the city and how tenant friendly it is, plus population decline.

While DSCR loans can be a great option for a first or second-time investor, especially for ones who don’t have steady W-2 income (a growing proportion of the population!)

Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

@Khaled SeirafiPhoenix is a strong market for multifamily investing due to population growth, job expansion, and landlord-friendly laws.

It's one of the hottest markets in the US right now with some of the fastest population and job growth and companies moving and developing here.

Our boomer population's housing needs are exploding! 

The investors that I work with are looking for a market that is showing long term growth in both population and jobs. 

Numbers look enticing (coming from Hagerstown, too)Distance, not having a team out there, and the population had been on a steady decline with very little chance for a turnaround anytime soon.

Market fundamentals to consider: population growth, average income, median home price and average rent, crime rate.

It's one of the hottest markets in the US right now with so much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing here (26B Intel headquarters being built here, 68K+ enrollment in Ohio State University, Amazon, FB, Google, Honda, Nationwide, Anduril, etc.).