now there's a whole foods a block way. it has covered parking in an area very crowded even for street parking.so for me key things to look for are Location, HOA, and HOA fees, and parking situation.

I will put together a list of 20 cities (two in CA, three for each of the other listed states) and try and try to rank them in a wish list, and work the top three.

This was when $500,000 bought you a nice house in a nice neighborhood in the city.

The duplex is located in a town of about 7k people but is about 35 minutes out from a larger city of 300k.

Hey Gregory,I’m from Palm Springs and it’s a great city for vacation rentals.

We visited another property down the street from this one, with a listing price of $90,000, renting for $800.

We always need city, county and state to send a good answer. 

Here are basic stats on single-family home sales for May 2018 for the City of Austin and the greater Austin area:According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the median family in the Austin-Round Rock MSA will make around $86,000 in 2018.

Any good resources for learning about what are "good" areas and areas to avoid when investing in certain cities?

I want to offer on a duplex, as my first investment property, and the city has it zoned as single family, although it is registered as a duplex and a rental and I can continue to rent it as a duplex.