Since I am married and have school age kids, I place a real premium on minimizing my management time. 

I have a 3bd/3ba, 2451 sq ft condo with attached garage near downtown Richmond closer to Level 1 trauma center, great schools and universities.

I believe once the schools catch up with the influx of wealth South Florida will keep appreciating.

The lower unit is small and gets rented 6-9 months at a time to traveling school people like occupational therapists.

Screening is definitely an area I studied up on beforehand, and having a large graduate student population to choose from definitely gives me more confidence.

As a multifamily specialist there, I do mainly two types of housing: affordable (DSS, Section 8, CC), and students.Binghamton University is a massive state school that's outpacing the higher-ups' expectations for growth, and has been for a few years now.

Unfortunately the ship may have sailed to invest in Davis, as she only has a year left before she graduates. 

Pros: Diverse job market, low unemployment, great resilience during recessions, nice appreciation, 1% rule can be hit if you look hard enough, great economy, good schools, Midwest nice.Cons: Extreme weather at times (hot/humid summers, tornadoes/hail, brutal cold in Jan/Feb), high insurance premiums, property taxes also really high.

But the Midwest duplex in a good school district neighborhood.

I'm barely considering my second house, just bought the first in Jenks school district 10 months ago.