Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

(I recently saw an article in Forbes talking about the Bay Area’s shifting market) And if you aim to hold properties long term, keep your eyes on towns around the Bay that have had consistent rent growth.Here in my home market of Phoenix, I see investors branching out to places like Austin, Chicago, and even Omaha from what Ive heard because they recognize how trends can shift quickly.

Trying to make it where there is a lot of data, easy to use, and have a lot of articles written by local experts.

Quote from @Austin Wolff: Hey Kegan, I published on article on BiggerPockets specifically to answer this question for people like you (and selfishly for myself):The 10 Best Markets for Your First House HackNone of the states you mentioned are on this list, however.

I just read an article in Bloomberg magazine that talked about the tech worker migration to Bend

Hi Pixel, Check out this article about how DSCR loans play into the refinance part of the BRRRR method.

The only real problem I ever had was one time I got some tenants who had significant cultural differences than everyone else.

https://www.lisboa.pt/fileadmin/cidade_temas/habitacao/documentos/ProgramaRendaSegura_CondicoesGerais.pdfhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/lisbon-s-plan-to-reclaim-vacation-rentals-for-housing

If anyone knows of any articles that can support this claim one way of the other even better!

I have linked an article below that goes over how they tie into BRRRRs.