The only way to effectively determine this is by driving neighborhoods, walking properties &  observing the daily routines of those who live there. 

Not sure if there is a better low-risk investment strategy that is damn near guaranteed to create meaningful wealth. 

Cheaply painted houses drives me nuts.

It is near economic hubs like Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State Campus, and New Albany.Turnkey properties are popular in Old North, Merion Village, Southern Orchards, Old Towne East, Driving Park, North Linden, North Hilltop, Franklinton, Reynoldsburg, and Hungarian Village.For BRRRR and Fix & Flip, consider Eastmoor, Hilltop, Whitehall, and Linden.

PA is a great alternative to those because you can drive there and there are some great well-priced, lower tax alternatives to NY and NJ.

I had to build fences along my driveway accessing a drive under garage, because the retaining wall was more than 30" tall (standard building code item) but these properties were built in the 40s/50s and never had a fence there until I rented Section 8 and they required it.From a tenant perspective, I never had any of the issues James notes.

If they announced Elon Musk was moving to Austin, everyone would be investing in Austin driving the prices up.

I am planning to travel to Columbus and drive around but I can't possibly get to know an entire area in even a few short visits. 

Anything is fair game within that driving radius.

If I forget to pull them out, then I have to drive downtown to get a copy of the paper from the office at the newspaper.I'm pretty good at remembering now since I have driven down there a couple of times in the past.