Albuquerque's rental and resale market, historically speaking, is very stable and the market moves at a healthy pace.

Hmm if it appreciates historically you would be okay right?

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+, zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680, some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+, zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680, some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

You can see if it appreciated historically and then you can think its a good deal after 2 years of waiting for it to pay you back?

Rockaway Beach has made consistent appearances on many top beach STR investment lists due to a balanced price to ROI ratio (and majestic destination) with a historically a low barrier to an STR permit.

Cleveland was hammered in 2008 and prices are getting back up (in some areas) where they were at in the early 2000's (Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights etc.)Other pockets in the city that were historically distressed are now seen as areas to collect cash flow as investors are renting them out via long term as the cities rental population is nearly 3/4's of the population.

With historically low barriers to entry, STRs seemed like a golden opportunity.

However, for long holds there are few markets that have historically done better.  

If your neighborhood doesn't have a lot of comps (normal right now, with the lack of inventory), you'll want to look at historical data.