The best market for YOU, is the market that fit's YOU; you're situation, your preferences, you're resources, your knowledge level, you're risk aversion and about 40 other personalized factors to you. 

It does need maintenance at least once a year with Leather Food or the like to keep it nice.

I prefer driving for dollars and use my mailers from a 3rd party company after building my list.

My preference is Single Family, although I currently own some mobile homes, some parks, and some small multi-family as well as notes on land and houses. 

Doing this will give you a lower interest rate, which is why I prefer it to getting a longer amortization and paying extra on the principal.

Just some food for thought...

If you ask me, I would much rather prefer investing in my local markets or at least somewhere I can drive to.

Also, in a mainstream asset class like value-added multifamily, I see no reason to take a risk on a sponsor that doesn't have full real estate cycle experience or that lost anything more than a small amount of money (and prefer no money lost).

However, I wanted to highlight that, in Northern Europe, investment preferences can often differ.

Happy to make an intro to my preferred realtor in that market!