You should work with an agent on your specific criterias, what deal #s you need to see, net cash flow, etc and whenever a deal #s look good, tell the agent you're interested he will go take a video walkthrough of the property and should make you an estimated renovation budget and provide all the needed informationFourth, work with the agent to write up that offer and boom!

I'm biased but Florida is booming ;)Even with market still at all time highs, rates have gone up as well with occupancy staying steady after slight slowdown post COVID. 

Account ClosedThere are several opportunities at the 250k price point in Columbia TN and that area is booming right now. 

With its booming economy and growing population, there are plenty of opportunities for lucrative investments.

If you want appreciation, look at cities that are already booming or on the brink of it (I've heard good things about Kansas City and Oklahoma City)- What's your exit strategy if you invest in STR and rules/regs change, can you comfortably MTR/LTR and still achieve your goals?

In addition to the vast number of traditional companies and industries, we have a booming Tech sector and now are behind only LA and New York in the amount of movie production and sound stages.  

Everything was going fine, closing date is scheduled for next Monday and #boom I get laid off.

Columbus OH is from what I know cheap, but you likely won't have the same population growth as in the other 2, and I would expect rental growth to remain fairly flat.I short: Tampa has stable appreciation and a very strong rental market, which will probably continue.NC, I'm saying Raleigh then, has perhaps the most potential upside, but I'm not sure how far the "boom" has come, would need more investigation.Columbus OH, you're buying cheap and may get the highest rental yield but you may miss out appreciation gains, which can give you the real equity growth in the longer term.Tampa safest (investment)NC (Raleigh) most potential upsideColumbus OH best cash flow in the short termAn advanced guess.

You'll be around the right people, ask the right questions, and boom someone wants to sell a property you can't pass up, sub 2, or partner with you. 

I haven't looked at that metric for other cities but it's been booming in Detroit.