One of the largest expenses rental property owners face is repair of damages done by tenants.  

I am a native Dallas agent and work for one of the largest wholesalers in the metroplex.

The population isn't exploding as you mentioned but it is the largest city in Kansas.

Another developer is building the worlds largest Ferris wheel in the same general area. 

As one of the managing members of the Broward Real Estate Investors Association, we are the largest Charter member of the National REIA in South Florida.  

Many still think "the market is going to crash" and yet, it's already dropped 10-25% which historically, is one of the largest "crashes" ever.The market has "crashed" but the narrative we've been fed doesn't confirm that so people have a harder time grasping it.

And $190M in facility upgrades 2) In Downtown the Mass Ave district has been revamped and would probably be unrecognizable to you today: converted Coca-Cola bottling plant to a beautiful Art Deco hotel, movie theatre, food hall, fine dining...that's just one block3) IU Health (near Northside) announced in January a $4.3B expansion, making it the largest of its kind in the United States history4) Elanco - a subset of pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly (also HQ here) - broke ground last summer on their project, which will employ 100k people, valued at $160M.Indianapolis is no longer the sleepy "Nap Town" that you remember from the 90's. 

If there was no crime in Detroit it would be the 3 or 4th largest city in the US. 

UCF is the nation’s second largest university which has over 65,000 students enrolled today and is expected to grow by over 2% through 2019.

A good CAP Rate for the area- I've bolded area because Chicago is the 3rd largest MSA in the country with over 100 submarkets.