The growth in San Antonio is moving north and the builder incentives will benefit a new investor like yourself.

There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

Investor returns over the long term are very important to us - and crucial to our long-term success and growth. 

Sometimes the more you grow the bigger the headaches become and this is where you also need to look at everything else you have going on (young, old, kids, no kids etc).

This will slow their growth down, with less leaves.

- The increasing cost of damage repair and potential mold growth

I was talking to an investor who bought a multifamily in San Antonio recently, and the rent growth here has been eye-opening.

I'm definitely still looking at it, but one concern is the population growth, it seems to be decreasing slightly? 

Of course they're not going to be in Charleston or Clearwater or San Antonio; they're going to be mostly in midwestern areas that are dying for any population growth.

Do better rehabs.  100% agreed mate,Safety comes in the volume.Something that I've "preached" for many years.It's not worth the time, money or even risk buying 1 or 2 or even 3 properties unless an investor has a growth type mindset and a will to scale to 10+.It's very simple, you own 1 and it goes vacant.That's a 100% impact on your income.You own 10 and 1-2 to go vacant.That's only a 10-20% impact on your income.It's also a very high likelihood that problems will always exist with 1 or 2 properties at any given moment...Plus, such markets (Ohio and Michigan) don't appreciate as much as many others like a Texas and Florida for example.Michigan and Ohio are slow movers and only recently (10+ years later) caught up to some of the other "higher flying" markets from a yearly growth percentage.Much success