Hardiplank is popular here in Texas but looks very "track home" so we stay away from it with our rehabs.

I toured and interviewed with another popular broker, even attended some of their training classes, but ultimately felt eXp was a much better fit for me.

I understand that some areas are a bit run down but no more so than other high cap rate or popular cash flow markets.

listsource.com is one of the most popular mailing list service for real estate, so you might want to check that out if you haven't already. 

I would say 15 years ago or so would have been more popular. 

Allow me to explain.ADU's are known to be a pretty popular housing accessory in California. 

St Joe's is a popular rental area...many PM's have rentals themselves in that neighborhood. 

If you decide to go the DSCR route (a popular option for STRs), make sure your lender knows it’s going to be used as a short term rental.

@Brock Burton, check out Dugan Kelley (Kelley Clark), Maurico Rauld (Premier Law Group), Charles Dobens (Dobens Law & Multifamily Investing Academy) and Kim Lisa Taylor (Syndication Attorneys) who are popular SEC attorneys in the syndication space and, very knowledgeable.

Nobody gets into the landlord game for popularity.3.