Columbus is home to some of the largest hospitals in Ohio. 

They just built the second largest apple campus down the road in Rancho Bernardo, so lots of people moving to the area. 

One of my friends is possibly the largest non-syndicate owner of units in the west southbay area.  

Purchase price: $270,000 Cash invested: $100,000 We recently closed a successful investment deal on a duplex that we acquired off-market through a strong relationship with one of the largest investors in our town.

Google has already build an office in Durham which houses their largest collection of engineers (around 400-500).

The Dscr and Cashflow looks beautiful and Morgantown in the 3rd largest city in West Virginia.

Taxes are almost always the largest selling expense you'll face and can very quickly kill your investment's efficiency if you don't manage them intentionally. 

Last year my largest holding FDUS, paid 13.6% dividend and stock also went up 8-9 %, as long as 10 yr flat to rising they make money on their large net interest margin spreads.if you ok with moderate risk, pick good REITS, as a group VNQ they beat sp500 last 20 and 50 yrs by about 1.5-2.0%, and they beat private real estate investors by 2-4% in academic studies as well, that's an average, that doesn't mean REITS outperform the excellent investors here at BP :)Or take out a margin loan and YOLO Bitcoin, no don't do that!

Keep it to the top 30 major metro markets (Austin is 30th, so nothing smaller), here is the full list. https://www.thoughtco.com/largest-metropolitan-areas-1435135. 

For example, in NC the only dark blue areas are the largest counties in the state, even though Brunswick (Wilmington NC) and Pender Counties are growing faster as a percentage of population increase.