There is no reason anyone should move to CA.Best wishes very common when folks move from the high dollar areas of CA to low dollar areas of the US moving back is virtually impossbile as so many rely on their equity of their current home to fund a new purchase.

Try using the BiggerPockets "Market finder" and see where that brings you and then just talk with agents in the market you pick and narrow down these options by relying on market local contacts to guide you.

I actually rely heavily on my property manager.

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@Mike Dymski, in my experience raising institutional capital early in my career, I would disagree about "following a sponsor" for years, and actually many of the deal level analytics (a majority of institutional investors invest in funds not deals), but your point is generally correct.Ultimately, what I see a lot on these forums is that a lot of people are relying on the investment manager to also educate them on macro economic conditions, which will always carry a natural bias towards their types of offerings.  

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What types of data or analytics do you rely on most when deciding whether to invest in a property?

The borrower's experience is important, but what's more important is the "Hard Asset," Hard money lenders rely on their due diligence process to determine the potential future value, review the renovation plans to get to that value & sometimes even the contractor.  

They are one of the largest outlets in Boston and tabulate all their service calls into usable data which they then blog about.I rely on them for any and all appliance data.