The market is maturing, becoming more robust and less volatile.

True again, but what if interest rates stay volatile for longer than expected, and the market stays locked up longer.Meanwhile the property is bleeding 6 figures monthly, and the added capital will only go so far, unless there is a major change in the interest rates soon, and that doesn't seem likely.They also say if we don't infuse more capital we may lose our principle too, as they will be forced to sell at a loss.

With the crescent volatility in prime markets such as Canada and USA, more people are putting their eyes onto other opportunities, places such as Southern Europe, Southeast Asia, Mexico, Colombia among others, seem to be gaining notoriety.

There is going to be short term volatility You can always buy real estate, but you can't always sell, as we are experiencing now.

It prevents emotional knee jerk reactions to market volatility and world geo political events.

That includes recent sales as well as currently listed properties in the direct vicinity.Given there are so many distressed sales in Detroit on the same blocks as flips and nicely renovated homes, the Zestimate simply can't parse through the volatility of prices. 

That makes them inherently more volatile and they behave more like a motel than a mobile home park.  

In order to understand the city we must first know a little more about the State of North Carolina and how it differs from the rest of the country.North Carolina has a very low volatility with stable returns of your investment.North Carolina is worth the investment because of our high occupancy rates and a high demand for rental homes, the local real estate investors love the historically performance stability, specifically single family homes.North Carolina has very good reputable colleges and universities, that’s the reason a lot of people make their move to NC and want to just rent a house until they get acquainted with the area.Charlotte’s home prices compared to states up north are dramatically significant.

How much monthly volatility / tenant turnover do you generally see?

I agree, these can be a great way to get access to more real estate investments and/or diversify retirement portfolios away from more volatile or poorer performing assets.