I do not want to go into another vacation market but rather a metro area with a more diversified economy again just to get into a different type of asset.That being said I do want to continue to short term rent the next few properties we get at least in the first few years of ownership in order to increase cash flow to combat these higher prices and carrying costs before potentially converting to more passive long terms down the line.Therefore I am looking for markets that 1) have a decent draw of visitors year round 2) have regulations that allow strs in some parts of the city 3) Are in growing cities in the west or south.Below is a list of markets I have identified as potential places to look and I was hoping to get some insight from either other investors doing the same thing or agents/investors in any of these markets on whether this is potentially a good market to explore or not.1) Salt Lake City (this is right at the top of my list due to its proximity to ski resorts, expanding of the airport and long term strategic business planning of the area but I have very little knowledge of this market)2) Denver 3) Phoenix (used to live in AZ and like the fact that the state of AZ seems to look favorable on strs)4) Tucson (see above but lower home prices/potentially less appreciation)5) San Diego/LA (these are attractive because of their proximity to my home in Irvine)6) San Antonio (love that it is very close to the booming Austin and feel that this is a market that could see some real growth in the future)7) Tampa/St Pete (I have always been very interested in this market for both short term and long term rentals)8) Raleigh (have invested in Charlotte and love NC but again very little knowledge on this area)Any insights or advice on any of this would be greatly appreciated.

I live in Southern California but my family is from Iowa so I visit regularly and am interested meeting investors in the area.Thanks!

Being that this property will be out of state (I live in NYC, property will be purchased in Ohio), I am hoping this should alleviate any concerns of me moving into the property haha!

Doing a house hack you get the advantage of a place to live while you're continuing your RE journey.  

We currently live in Raleigh area. 

A lot of people don't have a whole lot of interest in living in constant fixer-uppers, so you have to have the right mentality for that.A variation on it, if you want to live in better homes that aren't great rentals, is to, again, buy homes that are under market because they need some work, do the work, live there 2 years then sell for a profit and keep all of your capital gains.

A little bit about me, I lived in a small town near the greater Boston area for the past 10 years and had just moved to O'ahu to pursue my Masters in Architecture, (but that's kind of on hold right now due to complication of the program...).

I’m all about vendors earning a living… but some use that exploitive model where the theory seems to be “If they’ll pay it, why not!”  

Hello, I live in California, and bought my first investment property (SFH) in Peoria, AZ.

For the last 10 years, I've been living in Asia running a small marketing business I started from nothing to making $3-4k per month.