Markets like SF and NYC have been real estate outliers and outliers tend to regress towards the mean.

Do a thorough inspection of everything with your GC because “inspectors” tend to miss big things or simply ignore them.

You mentioned the challenge of filling your beds, which is a great point that tends to get glossed over. 

They are extremely pro tenant and have a unwritten policy to not evict.As a result I have been forced to deal with tenant issues in ways that will often tend to bend the rules to near breaking point. 

Growth direction is generally to the southwest moving towards Wolfforth and strongest areas tend to be west of University and South of Texas Tech Campus/4th St.Where I'd be careful is being aware of property taxes if you are investing solo/individually.

Lenders tend to really like it, especially in a strong market, with a history of steady occupancy. 

The thing with Placer is that tends to have some of the higher end inventory of the Sacramento metro area, so unless you're down by Tahoe I'd probably look at the whole metro area from Yuba City to Lodi at least and maybe even Stockton as well. 

I have a few comments to make about backlinks in response to your question: 1) I tend to look at backlinks as a positive side effect of A) writing valuable content that people want to link to, and B) effective PR.

Cats tend to urinate in the corner of the wall and floor, and the urine tends to flows under the floor trim and drywall to get to the base plate and studs.

But those houses tend to be over-prized currently vs this condo which is below the market value.I thank you in advance for your recommendations and insight.Thanks,Alice