In no particular order I have listed some of the most popular markets for out of state and out of country investorsCleveland, OhioDayton, OhioToledo, OhioYoungstown, OhioCincinnati, OhioMemphis, TennesseeBirmingham, AlabamaKansas City, MissouriSaint Louis, MissouriIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganErie, PennsylvaniaLouisville, KentuckyMilwaukee, WisconsinJackson, MississippiEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

I think if BiggerPockets were to have a forum interface similar to popular sites like Reddit, users could have a much deeper interaction and experience with the rest of the BiggerPockets community. 

The key is using several sources and matching them, hence i love using the complaint, defendants, property appraiser and tax collector site (to name the most popular) and THEN do your official records search and compare the results, this way it will minimize the chance of error. 

In no particular order I have listed some of the most popular markets for out of state investorsCleveland, OhioDayton, OhioToledo, OhioYoungstown, OhioCincinnati, OhioMemphis, TennesseeBirmingham, AlabamaKansas City, MissouriSaint Louis, MissouriIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganErie, PennsylvaniaLouisville, KentuckyMilwaukee, WisconsinJackson, MississippiEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

This is very popular in the Nashville market now and way easier to do than a condo conversion. 

A popular missconceptio is that one can "just have a PM handle it" as a carte blanche to tenant issues.

Also, not as popular of a decision here probably, but not to give away equity to accelerate growth by going the route of syndications and taking an LP.

Now it's incredibly popular and expensive, it's really the place to be living now apparently!

You can also go further out: Richmond (which is very popular with investors lately), El Sobrante, Concord, Antioch.

Also, if the place is popular, folks will remember it and see it listed again.