New York and Austin both experience insane competition, but we believe Austin and Texas have healthier economic fundamentals than New York that will produce more wealth over the long term. 

Or you could embrace it and be the place that will rent to anyone that has the cash.

Millions of Americans have embraced the work-from-home lifestyle.

In days, weeks and months, it measures how long since most of us last embraced our family, laughed with friends, sang in choirs, or cheered our teams.

It took me 9 years of buying properties to replace my salary with rental income, which I’m happy about it and own a lot of my properties free and clear now, but could have achieved my goal much faster if I embraced good debt and went bigger earlier on.  

I like 1980 and after but have looked at no older than 1960.4 - 3/2 preferable. 3/1.5 could work too5 - I live in Ca but invest out of state. in much healthier and stronger economies than you mentioned and where it is easier to find a 3/2, 1990+, w/o a pool, in good schools, that will generate a positive cash flow after expenses and mortgage payments and in states that are landlord friendlier. 

I am seeing trends with younger generations being more minimalist and embracing more of a subscription life style. 

Embraced the tenant to let them know I'll work to ensure they're taken care of.

If you can embrace the right one and you can do some deep work in your head and build a great foundation then the rest of your life, investing, professional, relational, and otherwise, will be better because of it.

This should also give the market enough time to stop being so competitive and start a little bit of a healthier return when prices start to come down.