I am reaching out to see if anyone may have some suggestions on which small markets across the country (City or State) that may be a good place to start looking for deals here in 2024?

Building one right now in Kirkwood and about to start another 

Curious if there is anyone here who would know how to get started.

It starts adding up. 

Hi all, I want to purchase a duplex to start my travel hacking journey.  

At that moment we started to rent, we thought that's the best option for us. 

I’ll be starting a couple of Galveston beach homes by summer, I’ll update you if this time-frame changes.

When the area becomes desirable then you get the high quality tenant and appreciation.One other thing to keep in mind which I did not understand when I started out.

HOWEVER, my question is: given our goals/strategy, when analyzing returns for potential deals on the single-family rentals, along with a relatively low cash-on-cash return of roughly 1-2% should we allow ourselves to consider/count on 1) modest appreciation growth of only 3% year over year, 2) expense increases mirroring the current CPI of 3.5% and 3) low rental upside of only 1% (or even 0% given current market conditions).For example, if a deal gives a TOTAL return of roughly 15% year over year for 10 years but only starts out at about 1% cash flow via long-term rents, is this a good idea?

So the pros and cons of each option as I understand it:1031 DST: Pro: start the investment with a bigger chunk of money because I didn't have to pay taxes on it.