With the light rail going in and working from home - rentals/houses that are North in areas like Everett, Marysville, and especially Camano Island are getting very hot.

I recently just bought my first duplex early this year on long island.

I have one in Seabrook island.

@Joshua Solomon you may want to start a separate topic for this question.  

Hey Matt, I live in Portage right now, have an office in GR, invest in Detroit, Battle Creek, Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Kzoo...I attend REI meetings in Portage & GR when I can, and I'm running my own meetups in GR...this Tuesday June 23rd there will be a (Kalamazoo Area Rental Housing Association West Michigan) KARHA meeting at Theo & Stacy's, Portage Road (just off 94) starting at 6pm...you can see the website at Karha.com, The topic this Tuesday is Land Bank and upcoming Tax Auction with the Kzoo County Treasurer...when you join the RPOA or Rental Property Owners Association, https://rpoaonline.org/, I believe that includes the membership with KARHA..like $90/yrit is about an hr away from you, but I think it's totally worth it if you can attend, every month there is something different to learn and more investors to meetup with. 

Homes are in Highlands, NC and Tybee Island, Ga.

BobLong Island

Finally, the gentrification of NYC's neighborhoods was caused by massive private investment into the places like Williamsburg, Long Island City, The East Village and Bed Stuy.

@Matthew Meunier myself and @Holly Kaufman work with STR in Galveston TX and surprising to some we are able to keep a steady flow of occupancy on the island almost year round.

Granted, I have lived in expensive places ( Long Island and Miami) where it was basically necessary.