Quote from @Josh Green: I personally am buying and helping clients buy in the Tampa Bay Area for a few reasons:Here, you have a historically strong and consistent tourism presence, limited land/STR allowable areas, highly liquid property compared to selling a cabin in the woods, all 9 classes of visitors in the STR sector, and appreciation.

Today, we secured contracts for two of our new construction homes in Palm Bay, FL.

CPA is in the Bay Area. 

: 43 dealsBaychester/Pelham Gardens: 39 dealsPelham Bay: 39 dealsProperty value growth per county/borough.

And done 3 or 4 in the Bay Area  both SF  San Jose and Oakland .. of course thats were I was born and raised so its going home for me. 

I have two structure in my primary where I can rent and as a result I have no mortgage, and it's located in Bay Area.

: 43 dealsBaychester/Pelham Gardens: 39 dealsPelham Bay: 39 dealsProperty value growth per county/borough.

I lived in Indy then moved back to the Bay Area (long story) so I knew the area, much more now down to a detailed level now.

@Andrew Lax I just used google and looked up California ( sf Bay Area ) and it’s said and every 40 year appreciation of 6 percent, I have no crystal ball but if history repeats itself then I may not be to far from real numbers , who knows ? 

I actually moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Detroit and aggressively built a rental portfolio there.