That someone you hire is your biggest risk and it is essential you find someone reliable.Research as many people in your local market that do the work you need and talk to them on the phone.

What are the biggest factors that contribute to each type of market that make them their own?

(Look up the biggest apartments or developments and see who sponsored/is sponsoring the project.)With the right people around you and consistent execution results are inevitable.Best of luck! 

My biggest suggestion is find a team that delivers a reliable OUTCOME for their people.My team and I help out of state investors create a six fugure passive income in Indy for example, if you think you'd be a good fit for that please let me know and I can explain more. 

If you pull up airbnb on the city, you can see regulation has not been an issue thus far.Regulation is certainly the biggest risk, but Utah is a great state for doing business with usually little government intervention in private commerce.

I like Columbus Ohio because I see it being one of the biggest metropolitan cities in the next 10-20 years, all signs are pointing here!

My biggest hope with anyone that chooses to invest in our area is that they are not only doing it for the financial gain but more importantly as an investment into the community itself. 

@Kevin Kim    The biggest issue is with NEW co-renters regardless of orientation.

We don't have gas out there now, but we do have power and sewer/plumbing in the garage because of the permitted rec room and bathroom.My biggest question is the ADU designation.

The biggest issue for Baltimore and frankly any rust belt city is the rise of remote work, Baltimore is cheap for a major job center, but it’s not that cheap period, pretty much any area west of Frederick county or east of the bay bridge has ample housing stock for sub 300k and imo a better quality of life, so the one thing that Baltimore has going for it pre-pandemic which was a pretty solid mix of Fortune 500 companies located downtown has been significantly reduced & downtown is a ghostown now.