welcome Craig, I am a agent in north east Columbia, I work in a office with a lot of new construction and I love working with investors.

Did my first analysis on a rental in my area yesterday and I wanted some people to take a look and tell me what they think.If you're from the Columbia, SC area let me know if the property taxes and insurance seem pretty close to the norm.

@Doug Pretorius    I mean British Columbia  I owned a home in keel owns for years love it there

I had looked at a bunch of properties in Columbia but decided to buy in West Columbia (outside city limits) for the lower taxes.  

My name is Roy and my wife and I have just begun real estate investing.  We decided to begin investing when we rented out our first home and purchased a new home.  The decision to rent out the first home was by circum...

I'm from Columbia, and I miss it -its a fun town!  

Caleb,Based on nothing else that the fact that I just enjoy visiting these places, I would say Asheville, NC or Chattanooga, TN, not actually sure what those markets are like.Right now I cover territory from Augusta, GA to Columbia, SC and I am based in Aiken, SC.  

I have worked at a law firm in Eastern Europe, the IRS, and a District of Columbia housing agency.

I have heard Baltimore and Columbia are higher end areas but I don't have anything to back it up.What is the market looking like here?

For anyone who got to this thread looking for conservation land trusts or conservancies, here are some links to learn more about how to get involved and protect your land: Land Trust Alliance, Washington Association of Land Trusts.Land trust nonprofits, like for example the Jefferson Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy of Washington, or Columbia Land Trust, are non-profit 501(c)3 organizations who work with private landowners to conserve their land in perpetuity, and are different than the real estate beneficiary trusts being discussed in this thread otherwise.