Your construction background and being local to Columbus are huge advantages—they’ll definitely give you an edge in finding properties and keeping rehab costs down compared to others.I’d suggest exploring parts of the city you’re less familiar with.

Do you have Business License from City of Santa Ana on your rental?

From talking to locals, there's a couple of issues than need to be addressed, some are the non-ecological practices that some of those developers have, unfortunately, our government profits from this investors and allows them to destroy manglers (which are the natural water purifying system of that area) dismantling hectares of mangroves and degraded the habitat of resident and migratory species burying animals alive.There's proof of fecal material floating beneath the city of Tulum, only 20% of the water is sent to the water treatment plant, there's no infrastructure for the exponential growth.The landfills in the middle of the jungle that is leaking hazardous pollutants into the freshwater system and that something that developers won't tell you.I love my country and it would be a disaster for everybody if this place ends up like some other great beaches around the world, that are completely ruined by greedy investors not following the rules.There's no urban or comprehensive master plan, and one of the risks is that Tulum will be like Playa del Carmen is today, overgrown and with environmental devastation.I will advise doing a lot of research before getting something in Tulum, different country, different rules, and practices.

People still wanting to move out of the city.  

Hi Alfath,Would you be kind enough to share a list of the cities/counties/regions which in your experience are better suited for investmentThanksSuhaib

But this is Rare.. you cant compare most low value areas of cities in the mid west or Rust belt to Charleston SC.. 

Baltimore City has a massive vacant housing crisis (no surprise there!).

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

Localize City (Homebuyers and investors who want a deeper understanding of neighborhood dynamics and potential risks) 8.

Essentially, the overlay surrounds the City of Ojai and includes Oak View, Meiner Oaks, and east of Ojai.