Sure they are fine for a SFH and maybe a 2-4 unit residential property, but would be a nightmare beyond that.We maintain a pool of spare lock sets for each building and swap them between tenants ... we also have a separate set of deadbolts we put on during renovations which are keyed for our trades.In our properties where we have migrated to electronic locks, we simply deactivate the old access codes when a tenant leaves.

We have Austin just up the road, big tech companies continuously migrating in and breaking ground, and I personally see out of state investors as well as investors from other major cities in Texas moving their money to San Antonio real estate nearly daily.

Many people seem to be migrating from the Austin area towards San Marcos and New Braunfels due to the rapid price increases in Austin over the last 5 years or so.  

@Jordan Wisser follow the rail lines also take a look at the US Census data for info on area demographics and migration patterns (are people moving into or away from your target market?)

(drHousingBubble is a pretty hilarious writer, and covers socal extensively)http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/california-texas-migration-cities-americans-are-ditching-resident-real-estate-patterns/#more-8279...many of the recent buyers have come from China.

Very rare for retailers to want to expand in those markets when more fruitful areas are abundant.Except for isolated pockets in cold belt states the more robust growth is in warm belt states boosted by the migration patterns from baby boomers.Vitamin shop is not an experiential tenant.

What impact do you think the migration towards electric vehicles and ride-sharing will have on gas stations assets?

Of course, there has been a nationwide trend over the past year of people fleeing the lockdown states, and especially migrating south. 

@Teri Waldrop there is a great post by @James Park about North Atlanta trends where he talks about the market update, Mercedes, migration patterns, schools. http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/99/topics/1086...On a side note: In case you missed it there is an Atlanta Meetup scheduled this February.

Much of it is migration from other parts of the country including California because the market has done such a good job of employment diversification.We love Houston and my guess is that the funds will too for a while.