I was living there, I wasn't into REI yet so I guess there is a lot to catch up now. :) 

I think it is pretty obvious and it will catch up soon if you continue.

I'm in a career field where I am likely to have multiple NCR assignments, and have many friends and colleagues there, so I should have some advantages finding quality tenants (possibly myself if I catch another assignment in the area).Budget: I'd prefer to keep it to a no down payment VA loan, which caps me around $680K, but I could put some additional down if i find a particularly good deal.Area: I'm targeting a SFM home  or townhouse in Arlington, Alexandria, or Falls Church (short commute to Pentagon and FT Belvoir), which I can rent easily to upper end military families or local professionals.

Portland is trying to catch up with CA apparently lol

I would love to catch up, Kobi.

Took a while to figure out.I asked him about the second one, which he had no concerns over, and it turned out to be a trap that not many would catch. 

I'm a couple of weeks into it, practicing with the BP deal calculators and catching up on podcasts.

The catch is whether or not your existing tenant will have the place presentable so I always do a walk through with the tenant after I ask them when I can show it to make sure it's presentable.

Bridgeton / Maryland Heights / Saint Ann.I'm hearing that studying where the residency rates are increasing along with understanding which businesses are establishing / expanding can be a great source of insight for understanding where the housing demand will be.Would love to catch you and some of the other local folks at a meetup sometime.

I am slowly catching the mobile home park bug myself.