Where people want to live will drive rents, revenue, and appreciation. 

Is it on a busy commercial street or surrounded by other non residential uses?

Just look around on the roadway as you drive.

I started investing in rental properties in the Scranton area around  6 months ago, and I also just started doing Fix & Flips in the surrounding areas Olyphant, and Taylor, Old Forge. and I would love to ask if you are doing in this area please share your success stories in that area, I am really curious if people have seen success in this cheap market, and let's help each other with info,  I would love to hear from you, and help you with the knowledge that I gathered in this 6 months.Thank you  I would love to hear from you.

We also want to expand our profolio but cannot find anything within 2 hours drive, or in California in general.

I’m building a tech solution that should drive more buyer leads to an agent’s pipeline.

For more details on driving for dollars, check out this article from BiggerPockets:   https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/driving-for-dollars

I am interested in MTR for my properties in Akron, OH as one is walking distance to Summa Health Systems Hospital there and the other is a 15 minute drive.

The percentage needed to be saved will be dependent upon the property, the condition it’s in, and the overall general vacancy rate of the surrounding area.

Those should drive a ton of traffic to your listing.Furnished Finder is the go to for MTRs (long term rentals with a shorter stay, over 30 days).You can also use FB like @Bruce Woodruff mentioned but you will need to get everything setup to take bookings.