I've lived in all 3 of the markets you mentioned and I will say, I'm enjoying my time here in San Antonio far more than the others! 

May be grunt work and not that exciting initially but I can almost guarantee you'll learn an insane amount.  

@Yang Zeng Welcome to the Bigger Pockets.As you can see in my profile, my business and hub is in San Diego, not far from you, but all our investments for myself and my clients are in well performing markets in the Midwest.We specially in this out-of-state- approach that really requires more than just the properties.I agree that you should keep a reserve and not spend all your funds but I could help you with 6 properties that would pay you about $5K/ month in cash flow or $60K/year based on your available funds while having about $100K reserve.I like to help you see the performance difference between our area in CA and the Midwest.

Started investing in Columbus while living in San Francisco, CA in 2021.

Sanding will create and insane amount of dust that will get everywhere.

I knew right away these clowns did something very bad and when I went to look at their work it looked like they sprayed the paint on the wall with a garden hose with no nozzle on it and the paint looked like stalagmites and icicles pouring down the wall.

One thing that drives me insane when trying to work with a realtor - even after asking the same fundamental questions multiple times - is when a realtor sends me a link or a property listing and it does not have all the financial details I need to make a decision.It's not that hard!!!

Investor recently reached out again and now wants to invest.I change my mind, it's actually not communism.It's insanity... hehe

More and more deals are trading for insane prices.

So looking at an insane return (of course investment in rehab will be factored in).