<<< Correct here as well,  again this is tradeoff, it all depends how hands on or hands off you want to be. 

KC has some appreciation depending on the sub market and real estate cycle but is definitely a cash flow play market.

Areas like Aurora, Arvada, and parts of Lakewood or Westminster can be good places to look, depending on your budget and target tenant.If you’re looking for a base hit rather than a home run, focus on finding a property where the numbers work reasonably well as-is—cash flow might not be huge initially, but if you’ve got room to add value and refinance, you’ll build equity to reinvest.

Can we all agree a dollar made in Austin TX or Bryan TX or Dallas TX or San Francisco CA, or Nashville TN or any where spends the same wherever you choose to spend that dollar.  

I would test one as MTR and maybe one as STR, depending on your market.For those of us who know Sacramento, there's actually quite a lot of information to go on in here.

A lot of investors based in markets like California and New York are choosing to purchase their investments OOS in the Midwest because of the affordability and numbers making more sense.

When someone who is not an electrician wants to do electrical work and you choose that because it's cheaper, don't you already know the answer?

The one you select really depends on your needs and bookkeepers preference.  

You can choose to nonrenew them for no reason at all or for being habitually late.

2) Subsidizing rents:- S8 and other programs statisitically only train tenants how to be dependent on the free handouts.If you really want to make a difference, try basic financial education for tenants and the financial demographic they come from!