If you want good cash flow but amazing appreciation potential and rentals you want to hold for the rest of your life, I would definitely consider Columbus!

There's an omnipresent, ubiquitous brutality to life in general and running rental real estate in  prticular here that just doesn't translate well into metrics and data. 

Plus, if you’re also thinking about a lifestyle element, who doesn’t love living near the beach?

Ah yeah, they allow couch surfing style stays since that has been a thing there forever.

Kind of reminds me of the old ranch style, with a bit more privacy and access.

Cashflow on a spreadsheet vs. cashflow in real life are very different things, too. 

Additionally, it can help maximize renovations and improvements.36.4% of the total depreciable basis was classified as 5-year class life.

Here's what I'd do: Create a Word Document or Google Document Titled "DRAFT: Life Vision" do not use a template, do not pay some guru for this.

Real-life reps, to me, means seeing properties in person, whatever your asset class. 

Oversimplifying it just a bit, the investor profits from:- a non-refundable option paid by the tenant-buyer which gives them the right to purchase the property within their option period- the spread between the rent paid by the investor to the property owner and the rent paid to the investor by the tenant-buyer over the life of the option- the spread between the price ultimately paid by the investor when they exercise their option with the owner and the price ultimately paid by the tenant-buyer when they exercise their option with the investorClear as mud?