The land shortage and rapidly increasing population are why prices and rents continue to rise quickly.Could the land be transferred from the federal government?

They complained loudly and reported me to Section 8 and the head of the office called me and said that the rent increse was too high and unconsiencable. 

When I get them the first thing that pops into my head is how many other people are on this list that are viewing these same properties?

Columbus,Ohio is growing very rapidly with businesses like Intel, Google, and Microsoft.

I attended these meetings where exceptions to zoning is requested, not for me, for landlords and developers, and they were all turned down due to stiff opposition from a neighborhood association, whose head whom I met are very stubborn. 

Hello,More SDIRA questions - I am putting them under separate heading to hopefully make them more useful to others too.I understand that I can not 'do the work on the property to make a profit'.

We are heading to another boom

BP community - I am an out of state investor considering long term rentals in the Grand Rapids area, more specifically Eastown / Midtown neighborhoods.

So now that reality has set in level headed long term investors are buying as RE will continue to appreciate in the long haul and rates will sink. 

Chattanooga is bustling, Steady yearlong traffic, new housing developments going up everywhere you turn your head, countless jobs being opened in this region, new highway construction to widen our 3 lanes into 5 lanes, a new MiLB stadium in the works, and many many more things.