& Birmingham, Alabama you may want to check out but full disclosure, I am not an expert in those markets by any stretch but if you work the punch list below you should really mitigate your risks in pretty much any market you decide to invest in.Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

My guess is that most secondary urban markets will continue to see outsized appreciation for the next few years, though.

Numerous parameters determine the price of the RE in any market. 

At the end of day, there's numerous variables to take into consideration. 

There are companies that apply on your behalf to numerous major banks all at the same time.

There are numerous small local developers on BP that may be willing to partner.  

Investors I know, who have purchased single-family homes in the area, are thrilled.Here are the deets:By Randyl DrummerCoStar NewsAugust 12, 2021Facebook plans to build its first Arizona data center in an $800 million project in Mesa, Arizona, that underscores the growing popularity of the greater Phoenix area as a technology hub.The 960,000-square-foot facility is expected to support 100 permanent jobs and up to 1,500 construction jobs to build what the technology company said will be "an important part of the global infrastructure" that brings Facebook apps, including the hugely popular Instagram and WhatsApp, to billions of people around the world....Facebook paid $123.2 million for roughly 360 acres to build the center at the southeast corner of South Ellsworth Street and Elliot Road east of Loop 202 in Mesa, which is 18 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix, according to CoStar and public sale documents.The company said it considered numerous sites over several years before deciding on Mesa.

The location is urban, walkable, and ascending. 

Portland refuses to expand the urban growth boundary. so they are building up in the Portland metro area. infact, recently they have been granting permits to build sky scrapers in downtown water front.

But it's not the most profitable way to go generally.I only know about buying low-cost C-class urban assets, so I'm only going to talk about them here.1.