If the numbers work with all expenses considered I dont care where it is.I have always loved the Mid-west and the South-East for cash flow. 

HE is using an old "Southeast REIT formula" made successful by Sam Zell. 

Same story though in that if I asked him for help in North Wilmington, DE which is only 10 miles south east of his market then he is clueless.  

You can go with 9 but the average is really 8.5 and that is including the numbers for North, South, East, and West Huntsville.Madison AL is not included where their average is around 6-7.

@Alex M.Once a month or so in Warren (about an hour south east of Cleveland, Kraftmaid sells a bunch of cabinets that were ordered and never picked up or mistakes.

Airy was Germantown at its southeast boarder and Cheltenham Ave. at the northeast boarder. 

I just contacted Ace Cash Express corporate office, they said ACE is closing down all their stores in several states, Kentucky, Washington, Idaho, Nebraska, and a few others.  

A bit about myself, I'm originally from Whittier, California (planning to go back in the next few years) currently residing in Omaha, Nebraska...

I would always recommend Americans basing their RE portfolios in the USA, at least to start...worst case scenario, you can always come back and manage it yourself.Long term thinking, getting paid rent in USD will allows provide that "location independence/global arbitrage" strategy where even just a $1000/monthly cash flow from your US based rentals will provide a very reasonable standard of living in many South East Asia countries.Lots of ways to attack it.  

Im in Southeast MI and signed up on the site a little over a year ago but realized I never introduced myself.