You could still have a noisy neighbor close by regardless.Nothing in life is perfect people just have to decide on what they can accept as a tolerable condition and what they cannot and have to change. 

From a macro standpoint, population is slowly declining.

.: Quote from @David Leggett: The Cleveland market hasn't been well known for appreciation over the last 20 years and has mainly been a cashflow positive rental area, but my clients who bought with my pre-2020 have seen their properties go up 20-40% in some cases so you never know what can happen on the macro level that can affect prices and make markets more or less appealing. 

If my agent/PM ever says “We can go see it but you might not like it” it’s always been...well...not for me.So if you don’t think the area is for you at a macro-level I don’t think it’s likely that you’ll be “pleasantly surprised” in-person.It’s possibly but I wouldn’t say it’s likely...

Macro and micro economic conditions are also always changing, so the markets that may be "good" for rental properties today will not be the same a year from now.I wouldn't consider myself an all-around expert of picking rental markets, but I have talked to a lot of people who are a lot smarter than me and have developed a set of criteria that help me focus on where to invest next.Since where I live is so expensive, and I originally had limited funds (and wanted higher cash flow), I primarily focused on larger metropolitan areas with good economic and population projections, but which have strong cash flow and average property prices around $55-85k per door (for multi-family properties).

@Maria G.We take cats, they are way less noisy then dogs.

My goal is to make my first investment, buying a multifamily building.Until then I'm learning as much as I can about property investment and macro economics.Anything else I should study to help me get better prepared, please let me know.

Abdual, commodities may lag, stagflation, but don't move in opposit directions on a macro level.

I'm going to go against the grain and say forget about the macro level and focus on the micro level.

LOLNoises can usually be explained by noisy pipes, furnace, etc.