And that can cost you time and money.

In my view, this trend is likely to persist and could be a strong demographic tailwind for a long-term investor like yourself.Specifically, Athens, AL—a city about 30 miles west of downtown Huntsville—was the #1 fastest-growing city in the state in 2023, so there’s a lot of growth, development, and opportunity in and around Huntsville proper.If you have the time, do some driving around.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

I do not think anyone in Cleveland will do a good job. 

Hii I am a first time investor trying to understand if Austin is a good market to buy a SFH and rent.

As someone who has house hacked many times and have helped others house hack, I would let you know there's a lot of pros and cons to this strategy!

Its doable, I've done it many times.   

Apple said it would move 3000 jobs with average salary of 187k. 

The junk removal company started the job but stopped when they noticed bedbugs on mattresses.

The challenge is that non-government jobs are often short-lived.