Hi Robert,There are many locations in Central America that are becoming hot spots for U.S. investors.

Certainly there’s been hotspots like Park City, but when researching that a few years back it seemed to be all about things like Sundance allowing owners to cover a year’s mortgage with a single week of rental at sky high prices. 

The part of town it is in isn't the nicest area, but it's close to the hotspots.

If there were better fundamentals other than it's the next "Hot Spot" I'd feel a little more comfortable.

There are lots of "hot spots" in Baltimore City, MD.

You might want to follow the "Deep Dive" series we're doing on our BiggerPockets blog about Metro Detroit cities, City of Detroit Neighborhoods and comparing Metro Detroit to other hotspots investors usually consider: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/99854-deep-dive-into-metro-detroit-cities-ecorse(BP search feature can be problematic, so we’ve also added links @ our website under View Cities & Neighborhoods We Service)Doubt you'll find this much info for any other market in the country.

Which means not as much room for growth (when it's already a hot spot...and my friends are only representing the general population).

Inglewood will definitely be the hot spot for the South Bay area.

Personally I think from Richmond all the way down here to VB is an overlooked area, and could really become a hot spot as people get priced out of the more southerly beach markets.

Theft and petty crime is bad in basically the entire towns, but violent crime is very isolated to a few hotspots.