For Crime Rates in the City Proper see here: https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-scranton-pa/ Just like any city, it varies heavily street to street, but is overall a solid place to invest.

My hope is to continue investing heavily into properties and utilizing their tax benefits!

This can provide stability and reduce the frequency of tenant turnover, offering a steady income stream over an extended period.Challenges:Tenant Dependency: The success of a NNN lease heavily relies on the financial stability of the tenant.

I don't know of any such list, but you can about be guaranteed if it's a large city either STR are banned or heavily regulated. 

Texas is very diverse and San Antonio is heavily active duty military.

I don't think your goal is achievable in Bentonville unless you start marketing or cold calling heavily.

Apparently someone drank the koolaid & may be bitter.

As you can tell by my post, I believe that the conventional and popular advice as to how to begin a real estate investing career is heavily flawed.  

With absolutely no prior real estate experience, they might have been able to accomplish all this in three or four years without Lifestyles, but I think the odds would have been heavily against it.It's okay to be skeptical. 

I've been heavily searching for a home in a good area that will at least break even,  but I can't seem to find anything.