I grew up in Tacoma, WA and have heard nothing but good things about the market. 

I grew up in Dracut! 

We grew our rentals to over 120 units While this was going on, I got to work with several hi volume investors and a few very good attorneys in NY that I learned a bunch from, the education was invaluable.

I grew up in a house with water so I knew how bad it could be.

Welcome @Nicholas Smith, local investor here and I grew up in East Chicago as well.

I could watch my property values drop to the point where my debt on properties was higher than my values (upside down), and because I had bought with such high cash flow (which actually grew), it didn't matter.  

I grew up in Oklahoma and have lived in Denver for 30 years.

I am somewhat familiar with the area - grew up in the city.

My wife grew up on 10 acres in rural Vermont and has always wanted something like that for us and our future children.

Selma, Schertz, SM, Kyle, Buda, Round Rock, Pflugerville, New Braunfels, and Canyon Lake are just a few of the areas that I think will be hot for some time (shameless keyword plug).I grew up in California and I see some very telling similarities between Los Angeles suburbs and the suburbs around Austin and San Antonio.