Populations in the 300-500K range are generally a good sweet spot.Roll multiple smaller cities/towns up into one larger “target market” if you need to Reasonable Property PricesStaying at or slightly below median market value increases your odds of success since there are more buyers/sellersHigher price points can be very lucrative but typically require more time/money for marketingGrowing or Stable EconomyTarget market should have positive economic growth expectations.

You will eventually find that sweet spot.

Talk about a sweet house hack deal. 

They mainly focus on the property's income rather than your credit history, which is pretty sweet.

If you bought last August, you are basically at the sweet spot for most DSCR lenders as many just require 90 days of ownership. 

Spent time on Trulia and Zillo learning as much as I could about the area.Our phone call was short and sweet.

What you've described is the sweet spot, where one spouse is able to meet the requirements as real estate professional and the other has a W-2 salary.

I've found 8 hours is the sweet spot for me but maybe 6 hours is good for youWhat makes the most noticeable difference in my sleep is when I'm active.

My sweet spot (not so sweet nowadays) is $20K -$40K per private investor.

I have customers that own restaurants , and they own some pretty sweet houses .