The lower the ratio, the more underserved the market. 

@Tom Rairdon If you’ve owned your short-term rental (STR) for over a year, it likely qualifies for long-term capital gains (LTCG) treatment, taxed at lower rates (0%-20%) compared to your 33% ordinary income bracket.

In my opinion, Dallas represents more upside with lower risk, and is less expensive than Houston.

Most people who are affected by rent tend to be on lower socioeconomic rungs anyway and thus have less political heft to swing around.

Findlay is a real oppotunity beause you’ve got a combination of stable job sources, a decent population size, and often lower acquisition costs compared to bigger metros.About choosing an agent..

I went to every one of the 65 hearings myself and got 61 properties lower and 4 remaining the same. 

And this interest rate spread, say between 4.5 and 7.5, is of such impact that at 4.5 we can afford to over-pay on purchase price a bit vs market price AND we still come out ahead with significantly lower monthly servicing payments than we would have had a 7.5 and a lower price. 

Lower Repair CostsHiring licensed contractors for minor fixes can be costly.

For an absentee landlord, it would seem that a condo could have less maintenance headaches than a SFH and lower risk in general. 

LTRs with long term conventional financing and standard management aren't really cash flowing anywhere right now. sure, there are lower cost markets that look better on paper, but there are costs associated with those supposedly cheap markets as well - deferred maintenance, more challenging tenant base, higher cost turnovers as a percentage of the rent.2. i wouldn't pick a random market thousands of miles away based solely on statistics or numbers.