The article has some great graphs that are informative as they illustrate the housing price trends of 7 major metropolitan areas in the US, including the San Francisco Bay Area over a 20+ year period.

The Tampa Bay area is more than likely not your market with those buying criteria.You will have to put meaningful sweat equity and be creative in your leasing (MTR, rent by room etc) to produce a 3bd SFH  <200K purchase price that cash flows. 

We are just a heartbeat away from the Orange County beaches for all your more advanced traditional surfing needs and also not far from the South Bay beaches too.Let me know what questions I can answer for you in regards to the STR market in Long Beach, CA!

. - Proximity: The majority of our clientele are from out of the area or State usually originating from the Bay Area, So Cal, Seattle area and Idaho.

The biggest issue for Baltimore and frankly any rust belt city is the rise of remote work, Baltimore is cheap for a major job center, but it’s not that cheap period, pretty much any area west of Frederick county or east of the bay bridge has ample housing stock for sub 300k and imo a better quality of life, so the one thing that Baltimore has going for it pre-pandemic which was a pretty solid mix of Fortune 500 companies located downtown has been significantly reduced & downtown is a ghostown now.

I'm just starting to do business with them out as an investor in their Bennah Oaks project (Okala FLA) and also Nathi townhomes in Palm Bay.

My fiancé and I are planning to move to Sacramento from the Bay Area.

They don't like external links here, but you can find it easy enough: Tampa Bay Real Estate Investors with Jeff Copeland.

I know someone buying properties in the Tampa Bay area that around 2018 year built.They have a unique rental strategy that is grossing around $4200-4500 per month as long-term rentals.

Fun fact; fire departments call eichlers a "box of matches" lol.One of my favorite value adds are blowing out common walls on old VA homes in the South Bay. 1100 sq ft 4 bds.