There's literally anything and everything, so to compare it to other good markets for house hacking is difficult due to the fact that other 'good' regions usually come with less job options and therefore in my mind are less secure.

I think @Charles Parrish and @Al Wilson are right on the money with the "auction fever" advice, I've felt it coming on myself and luckily haven't given in, but as far as what Charles mentioned about getting in there prior to the actual auction date, that is something I've not put much effort into myself but know other very experienced people around here who've tried that one every which way they can think of and maybe its a difference in state laws or just common practice amongst the local/regional law firms handling cases here vs there, but they've all hit a big brick wall n matter what method they tried and were just told "wait for the auction day".

Hello Bigger Pockets Community,My fiancé and I are beginning our real estate investment journey but we live and work in one of the most expensive markets in the world - even though we are 20 minutes from San Francisco there is not a property in our city listed at under 1 million (yes).So I recently took a trip to Costa Rica for the sole purpose of identifying regions we would like to invest in and ended up finding a fantastic little condo for our starter property.

The Pocono region is a fantastic choice for an STR due to its appeal to tourists throughout the year. 

We have investor groups In Nashua, on the seacoast, Manchester and there's also one in the Lakes Region

If you already explored that option I would reach out to a regional credit union that holds their own loans in their portfolio.

Happy to share who I use for this, they work regionally and nationally and most of the financing knowledge I have I've learned from him.

I'm particularly interested in the Poconos and Upstate NY (Catskills region).Outside of real estate, I enjoy working as a mental health therapist and traveling the world with my family!

The tenant is not as much focused on rent when they are strong regional to national in nature but the best spot they believe drives the most sales and profit annually.It's the lesser quality smaller tenants that are more sensitive to rents because their model is not often proven with scale or over time as much.So you have to know what you are buying and what to do with it.I buy same stuff for cash but I am the GP on the syndications and my LP's put in minimum 200k per deal as accredited investors.To convert the bank to medical would be very expensive.

It is important that you make connections with people who are your "boots on the ground" in the regions you are wholesaling in.