I've written a few blogs you might find of interest as alternative to "traditional" real estate investing, which most folks I talk to migrate away from due to the extra hassles of managing their own properties, even if they have property management. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7993/48729-are...

Most folks I talk to migrate away from even doing turnkeys due to the extra hassles and distance of managing your own properties even if you have property management.

High prices, government over regulation, high taxes and a negative net migration in population FAR out weigh the fact that Indianapolis is 3 1/2 hours away.

I had just started to migrate my portfolio to Rentec Direct when this announcement hit.

I just migrated to Rentec Direct as I pretty much had enough of “free”.... 5 business days for payment, no real management features (such as COMPLETE capture of info from prospects to tenants to auto lease generation (using DocuSign’s engine).

I track vacancy, employment rates, net migration, supply/demand, etc. 

Koreatown is a great example as you mentioned, as well as the Arts District, directly south-east, which became the migration area after Koreatown became overpriced.

To the contrary, the Des Moines metro is one of the few areas in Iowa that’s enjoying strong growth from domestic migration inflows.

I liked the landlord friendly laws, I liked the net inward migration, I liked the multiple industries and I liked that it was easy to get something near the 1% rule.

@Shannon McEwan seems the oppressed victim disorder has now migrated to Twin Falls.