Huntsville, in particular, has strong job growth, steady appreciation, and a high demand for quality rental homes.

We have only had to collect the overage one time and honestly, it is due to having a larger family in the home than we have had in the past.  

Quote from @Yaroslav Shtogun: Good morning,Some updates, we did home inspection and the house is not good condition since it was built in 1950 and was not maintained well.

Their charges for repairs have gone up the roof and they are not competitive at all.

$6k tax.Ins,hoa, not to mention utilities . took out a HELOC off of our personal home ( res.worth $900k, and a 260sq ft studio, mtr. $1450 mo.) for$ 220,000 for the deposit.

I thought I was a big fish in a little pond back home.

But I purchased land in cash and leveraged it to build a new construction stick built home.

The home would be about 6 weeks for my team customarily but the outside is large so 2 extra weeks to be safe.

In The Tampa Bay Area local investor in the items inside the home/business but looking to get with the right people to build a team.

Lower property taxes, affordable housing compared to LA (CA buyers are usually cash buyers because what they net from their smaller home in CA can get them a bigger home here, often covered by what they net from their CA sale), allergies (smog), and politics.