Just watched Bigger Pockets podcast/video about picking a market here as well as read through this article about markets with both appreciation and cash flow here.First lesson - keep the end in mind.

Curious if there are whispers (or shouts) in Columbus about the same I go to city council meetings almost every Monday and they are extremely developer friendly and new construction friendly. while there is pressure, I don't think it will ever happen. columbus wants to see economic development and would not place legislation that would restrict the free market in my opinion. right now they are doing the opposite and redoing there zoning codes to allow for higher density and higher height as well as parking reductions. just google "zone in" columbus and you'll see. there's a lot of articles about it. 

When I rented my townhouse this spring I had numerous people begging for it.

So let's say out of state landlord fail to make a payment , bankrupt pass away etc the agent is responsible. that is the problem and that is why I mentioned most property managers would not do it.Ok, I see what you are saying and perhaps this is a language issue since you seem to be in Canada and the author of this article is writing in proper American English!

The tenants have been late numerous times (which I have documented)  They have indicated that they will move out next week, but I am concerned that they might not or even worse destroy the place before moving.  

No one in the area has been successful, they even put an article in the local newspaper saying that they haven’t changed anyone’s property tax that has appealed.

Read this article on the "core 4".

Zip code 27801 has, according to this article Where N.C. mortgage holders are underwater on their home loans, a state-high 10.9% of home loans considered "seriously underwater", Q1 2024.

Check out my latest article published here on BP!

There's a notable article in the Telegram and Gazette about the spike in demand at food pantries, "Food assistance: Demand at food pantries spikes as rents increase and wages do not".It's safe to say that the majority of visitors to food pantries are renters.