@Jeff Licciardi A lot depends on your property's specific location and the demographics and the demands of a particular area.

Can you look at selling trends or demographics, etc to determine if a city would be a good opportunity?

Storage is a very demographically driven industry. 

I have had better returns when I own rentals in a neighborhood where they are very few homes available for rent & more of a owner occupied demographic.

but at least the first yet is just not there sometimes in the first.and a google search for CA real estate business cards shows me its not just a problem local to my city or demographics?

Extremely high traffic counts and demographics. and represents the last parcel (that wasn't a parcel lol) available in this retail sector.

There are other market forces (demographics)  at work that are countering rising interest rates currently, and they too may also overcome and economic softening, which is typically felt harder in single family residential than multi. 

You should also think about property taxes in various municipalities.Personally, I think you also need to look at demographics, and job growth.

Demographics are at least 50K town population; less than 17% poverty; median family household income 35K+; Geographic region: TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA.

The absolute best contractors usually fly under the radar and can only be found by word of mouth so get networking with the blue collar demographics!