BRRR worked great pre COVID but only really cash flows now in high crime areas. 

This diversity provides a certain level of stability to the job market.Population Trends: The population has seen modest growth in the last decade.

While opportunities still exist, I think they are still rare with interest rates and property values high.  

There is so much growth here - population growth, job growth, and companies moving and developing here.

I think if you can nail that down you will be able to find a market easier.As a buy and hold investor some of the things that were important to me when deciding on a market were landlord tenant laws, price to rent ratio, housing demand, ability to build a team, large population 500K plus, multi-family availability and some other factors.take the process step by step and you will be fine. 

The policy below would be twice as high if we used our Personal insurer since they don't have the experience mods for Self-Storage.G. 

Because mind you, this numbers is resident population and not tourists.

I personally recommend checking Columbus OH - lots of job growth, population growth, and major companies moving and developing here.

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?

There is strong rental demand because of growing population, job market, and the booming tech scene.