So excited to see what UT will do this year!

Or tried to rent in Utah lately.

So CA in the 70's, St George, UT in 80's-90's, Casa Grande, AZ in early 2000's and so TX in mid 2000's till now and back to St George 3 years ago.

My biggest question right now is investing in Utah vs. out of state.

Sounds like you should be moving a wall a few inches.In Utah, I believe standard occupancy is 2 * # of rooms + 1... so we can have 3 in a 1 bedroom house, guess they sleep on the couch.

For Salt Lake County Utah, is there one that's going to be more accurate for our area than the others?

LOL.As opposed to the locals in a town buying all their rentals..the locals know the ins and outs the risk reward of certain neighborhoods and won't touch them for buy and hold. its the unaware naïve investor that gets sucked into those.. the foreign investors especially. the UT most care must be taken with buying out of state properties....

I wouldn't know the first thing about the market in Utah or Iowa - it's unrealistic for them to have expertise in every state and market. 

Many markets (Birmingham included) can be very different street to street, so a company that has one national office in Utah or some other state, but advertises properties all over the country likely won't have a firm grasp on the details of any of their markets.

I registered a company in Utah in 2013 . i did a deal this year by purchasing an LLC in NJ that own a property in NJ.