A few cities I am interested in are Houston, Scottsdale, San Diego.

San Peppy Badger mare.  

Even off market, this would be a very difficult find (if anyone has one in San Diego, I am interested in seeing it, but after BPCon).Best wishes

If i lived in San Jose, the first RE investment that i would consider is a local property with an ADU that had distribution on the lot that would allow a profitable lot split.   

Through some research I started looking at Greenville or San Antonio...

From what I've seen (especially in markets like Phoenix and San Antonio), it's often a matter of alignment rather than luck.Make Your Property a No-Brainer: ALE primarily works with displaced families - think floods, fires, or other home damages.

San Jose did as an example and there are a few resources they've put out. 

Example: owner bought $1 million SFH in San Francisco as primary, built 400 sq fit ADU, lives in ADU is making gross rental income STR  renting out two levels of main house, grosses $13,000 month.

I remember back when I was ramping up my own rental portfolio in those early-2000s San Diego days, I learned the hard way that ignoring “little” costs..like that termite treatment or the property manager’s onboarding fee..can turn what looked like a sweet deal into something that barely breaks even.Let’s say you pick up a property in one of those under-the-radar neighborhoods in Omaha or maybe on the south side of Chicago..markets I’ve seen a few colleagues dabbling in lately..you’ve got to be ready to get real about the numbers.

Quote from @Paul Dashevsky: Just finished my SB9 and ADU project in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley).