For my own investments, I wanted a list of cities with the highest rent to sales price ratio (aka The 1% rule) as a starting point for research. After some searching, I didn't find what I was looking for, so I made it...

Many OOS investors set themselves up for failure because they don't truly take the time to 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.

Closer to #1 Ranking GloballyThe tail wags the dog buddy.

To build editorial links.So, in the last couple years, especially after the Penguin and Rank Brain algorithm updates, link building has been thought of as being less helpful.But the fact of the matter is that of 200+ ranking factors, link building still accounts for 23% of the decision of where you rank.

There is a real lack of savings of the blue collar workforce ranking Memphis 50 out 50 for savings rate and that creates a huge number of sub-prime mortgages (31%) and blue collar rentals.

The city's mismanagement of the pension system and budgetary cuts have stripped the police ranks significantly, lowering coverage and response times.

Welcome to BiggerPockets Evan Searcy.It's great to have another active investor join our ranks.

With search engines, ranking is more of a popularity/marketing contest than any measure of the quality of service.Yelp ReviewsYelp and similar sites only post reviews by tenants.

Some basic financial thinking, etc...I think this ranks up there with cutting the main stack and getting an unknown desease, as far as the bad and the ugly that go along with the good of this business.And seriously @Jim K., I never knew that about main stacks—thanks for putting that out there.Good Luck!

This can help you get your keywords ranked much higher in the algorithm.