And I think there may be additional upside.Everything under $200-$300K in Dallas is flying off the shelves.  

And I will be flying back and forth to STL while investing to keep an eye on things as I have another business there as well.

The layout isn’t great and the neighborhood still has its quirks (drug dealing, theft, airliners flying right overhead).

PS what are you flying ??? 

He was very nice to do this because deals like this fly off the shelf in Arizona.

Off the top of my head some of them own properties in Indy, IA, and FL.  I

Fly to close to the sun & you'll eventually get burned man.

Is 50% towards down payment going to fly?

There are too many fly by night guys that don't stand behind their work and will end up causing you many headaches.

While I acknowledge that economic strength is just one facet of a good rental market, it is a major factor and I wanted to share what I've found (the details of my methodology and raw data can be found after the various rankings):Top 10 best economiesProvo-Orem, UTSalt Lake City, UTCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WIDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXKansas City, MO-KSLongview, TXLouisville/Jefferson County, KY-INSan Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CABirmingham-Hoover, ALThere were two main factors to overall economic strength that I looked at – how diverse/broad the economy is and how many economic drivers (i.e. strength) the area has.