@James Brunetto, jrAny place with a strong growth rate willLikely be an appreciation market and you’ll be paying 200k for a rental.I prefer slow and steady markets.

LTR rates continue to hold steady in Tampa and have only dipped slightly.Hope this helps.

Seems like i would need to increase my funds available from 70-80k --> 350k in order to maintain a steady flow of properties.

We were thinking of slow and steady growth.

The were 3 low temperature days of about 20-26F.  

@Sai MedavarapuI am in Houston Texas and you can find properties here with steady cash flow.Also rental income growth and appreciation here are good in Houston Texas.Goodluck!

Steady Eddy.Odessa is definitely more O&G centric while Midland is somewhat less oriented towards blue collar (field workers, oilfield supply, and services), and more toward "white-ish collar" (engineers, geologists, high skill trades, finance, etc) than is Odessa.

Holding offers steady income that qualifies you for future purchases plus tax shelters.

If your strategy is to make a long term investment to shore up your steady cash flow and potentially sale a long term multi that  increases in value to due rent performance, go with multi.

Austin is more steady and San Antonio, underpinned by aerospace and medical industries is the most stable in TX.