I was burnt by it - the tenant kept sweet talking and appeal to my sympathy, eventually burning a hole in my pocket, and later found he had lied on many things he used as reasons.

I still consider it C class but Midwest City, Del City & further south OKC are the sweet spots between return and risk! 

OKC is a pretty good cash flow area. 100k homes seem to be a sweet spot for blue collar workers in the city.

You're right in the sweet spot.

:) 35061 +18.1% https://www.zillow.com/birmingham-al-35061/home-values/35023 +10.2% https://www.zillow.com/bessemer-al-35023/home-values/35005 +9.3% https://www.zillow.com/adamsville-al-35005/home-values/35073 +16.2% https://www.zillow.com/graysville-al-35073/home-values/We’ve found the “sweet spot” of Birmingham investments to be a 60/40 split of owner occupants for the area with an average household income of $35-$50k. 3.

In my market that is the sweet spot for good rentals.

The focus should be more on the price point/ARV matchup as there is a sweet spot that the numbers seem to work well.

Hey @Ken TengYou are right that rent to value ratios in San Diego tend to be lower than the 1:100 you can find elsewhere (I've actually found 1:140 to be the sweet spot in our market). 

I think I've settled on Fruitvale (94601 zip code) as my sweet spot, where homes are cheap enough, and I can see myself living there (and enjoying lots of tacos) until I get into my next property. 

So you're not ever going to be able to buy a 5br house with a sweet view for $500k again like you could back when people didn't know you could gross $125k+ on that house.