But I also like Belize, Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Croatia, etc.  

I am a new investor looking to purchase my first property in the Rhode Island/Bristol County, MA area.

As a negative, it also has the largest gap between the cost to buy versus the cost to rent, making cash flow extremely difficult without committing more equity up front.

From a mom and pop with one home to the largest corporation in the country with the same brush. 

I invest in small markets where the largest town has about 8000 people.

Note it often is not a result of significant NOI change (excluding some markets where a lot of new units have been added). 3 recent studies show it is cheaper to rent than own in virtually all of the largest US markets.  

The proposed $38.5 billion deal would combine two major players in the U.S. convenience store market, potentially controlling 20% of the market.7-Eleven, the largest U.S. convenience store chain with 12,601 locations, currently holds 14.5% of the market.

He makes the point that SCI did not buy this park for redevelopment but instead is buying it to help conserve the available stock of mobile homes (the largest group of unsubsidized low income housing the US) for the future while making a nice profit for investors.  

In our largest listing, we have a triplex with a total of 11 beds and 10 baths with each bedroom set up to be potentially rented by the room (electronic lock on each bedroom door, and most with a private bathroom).

Another course that is better is Land Flipping 101.