Rank them. 

Many OOS investors set themselves up for failure because they don't invest the time to ACTUALLY understand:1) The Class of the NEIGHBORHOOD they are buying in - which is relative to the overall area.2) The Class of the PROPERTY they are buying - which is relative to the overall area.3) The Class of the TENANT POOL the Neighborhood & Property will attract - which is relative to the overall area.4) The Class of the CONTRACTORS that will work on their Property, given the Neighborhood location - which is relative to the overall area.5) The Class of the PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES (PMC) that will manage their Property, given the Neighborhood location and the Tenants it will attract - which is relative to the overall area.6) That a Class X NEIGHBORHOOD will have mostly Class X PROPERTIES, which will only attract Class X TENANTS, CONTRACTORS AND PMCs and deliver Class X RESULTS.7) That OOS property Class rankings are often different than the Class ranking of the local market they live.8) Class A is relatively easy to manage, can even be DIY remote managed from another state.

How much is it really worth to you to rank #1 on Goolge?

Louisville has many 10s, 9s, and 8s.The entire state has very low crime.Here are resources that'll help too: usa.com, usa.com/rank/, city-data.com, https://www.zillow.com/research/data/You can also go on to zillow and check under the for rent section and check individual properties for how long they have been on the zillow market.From scrubbing the internet for all this data to find vacancy rates, I'd have to say Louisville has low a vacancy rate, which is good, yet how much so depends on the specific neighborhood.

Expect Airbnb ranking for your listing go down a bit as your exposure will go down naturally as the result of spliting your nights to different platforms.

Check out Zillow recent hottest housing market of 2024: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/zillow-ranking-hottest-real...

Check out Zillow hottest housing market of 2024: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/zillow-ranking-hottest-real...Cleveland is what  I focus in, it's great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

Milwaukee is probably one of the better areas to do this, but while priced low, we have been in the top 10 most competitive markets in the US in 2023 to buy and from a renters perspective MKE is ranked #3 per rentcafe's 2023 report - both based on a chronic housing shortage.

Ohio has been growing quickly, I live here and am excited about it. https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/zillow-ranking-hottest-real...I've seen good cash flow in Dayton and Cleveland and high expected appreciation in Columbus as the population increases 

Case Shiller ranking of residential total return has 3 highest return cities in the nation all being CA cities.