The key for me wasn't to invest in the 'best place' but to know a market so well that a deal jumps off the page when it appears.

Out-of-state investing in cash-flow markets or partnering with experienced investors for passive returns are also great ways to put your capital to work.

For multifamily, target markets with strong rental demand, value-add opportunities, and creative financing options like seller financing or private capital.

For calculating ARV, platforms like Zestimate, PropStream, and Reonomy use machine learning to analyze market data and comparables.

I find it strange that no one has if it's allowed, but if you are first to market, you are essentially the guinea pig.

If you do not qualify, you would then look into if you would qualify with renting your departing residence. 75% of the lease will be used to offset that departing residence mortgage. as you mentioned the timing of renting the place can absolutely be tricky so you would hope you do not have to do this.Finally, and I guess would be sorta of a trick, but we do bridge loans on occasion in this case IF you can qualify once you get the property rented at market value even if debt to income ratio is too high before it is rented.

That would probably be a good market for something like this.

you can still find good deals more west of the freeway in SLC or off market in SLC or south salt lake but they are harder to come by

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Quote from @Shayan Sameer: Quote from @Samuel Diouf: Columbus, Ohio is a great market to consider if you're looking for appreciation markets that still have cashflowing deals under $200k.