There are large areas in the direction of the flight paths that do not have dense populations so it’s mostly a non-issue.

And this low demand could be a couple of factors, either a rural location with low population density or the area incomes are not high enough in order to prevent a rent burdened scenario. 

What you need to look for is a market that is growing in population and jobs and gas beneficial landlord laws. 

It's an amazing market here with so much incoming growth due to population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing here!

There are a lot of markets with solid job markets, strong populations, solid rent growth, but when you are talking ONE property, unless you are considering highly rural areas, it likely doesn't matter.  

If trump hadn’t won you’d be forced to sell this year, but hopes are high he will extend his lower tax rates. 

Saw some new building going on around Lawerenceville with high asking prices..close to L.A prices it seems.https://www.redfin.com/PA/Pittsburgh/4618-Carlton-...

Looking for a turn around scanrio is an ego pleaser, makes for a great story if it works, but high risk it will never pan out the way you thought.

Do we focus on flipping, (currently we have actually been trying to do this, but we physically can't find enough contractors in our smaller market <100K population to do that much work).

I want to go the buy-and-hold route, and I am interested in finding a duplex that will provide a steady cash flow, a high appreciation value and does not need renovations.