Established public sector base plus growing migration from Bay etc etc.

When you migrate to digital payments, you free yourself from the rigors of paper-based monetary exchanges.

Among the high tax states a lot of them have net out-migration like MA, NY, Cali.Problem is when you raise taxes, the guys that leave have jobs, skills and money.  

The real estate hit of 2008-2010 did not effect every area equally, migration out and immigration trends have changed as once poor areas have gentrified, corporations have come and gone, etc..  

RepairsThen run for the hills.In Bridgeport, Connecticut and many North East regions we also include Snow Removal and Pest control.Explore all markets but do your research, as to where net migration and jobs are heading. 

There are many-many other factors to be consider:Examples:- property condition (perhaps someone would rater invest with a .7% rule in a house in decent condition compare to the 1% with an old house in fair condition)- market rent, demand and trends (migration, jobs etc)- quality of "available tenants"- available cash or cost of borrowed money- desirable term, (short, medium, long term )- cost of property management, including maintenance (can you and willing to self manage it?)

I received a notification this week that Zillow is migrating all of their Zillow Data API accounts over to their Bridge Interactive Data API starting September 2020.   

Try these sources:https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/quick-facts-figures/General Report on Housing Trends: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/asset-management/real-estate/assets/pwc-emerging-trends-in-real-estate-2020.pdfU-Haul Migration Trends: Top 25 Growth Cities of 2019:  https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/19966/U-Haul-Migration-Trends-Top-25-Growth-Cities-Of-2019/https://www.city-data.com/Forbes List of Best Places for Business and Careershttps://www.forbes.com/best-places-for-business/list/#tab:overallThis article at https://www.mysmartmove.com/SmartMove/blog/rental-trends-2020.page?

My hypothesis is that Austin real estate has greater upside (% wise) compared to several other parts of the US due to continued tech boom and migration of ppl from CA. 

RepairsThen run for the hills.In Bridgeport, Connecticut and many North East regions we also include Snow Removal and Pest control.Explore all markets but do your research, as to where net migration and jobs are heading.If these meet your investment criteria then start looking in person.Let me know if you have any questions.