Investing in distant markets increases your risk and/or increases your costs. 

Do you think values in 39212 (SouthJackson) have increased since 2018?

The city’s investment in infrastructure, new businesses opening up, and revitalization projects have made a real difference in neighborhood quality and overall economic activity.Population Growth: After decades of decline, Detroit's population is finally growing again.

Focus on locations with growing populations like the outskirts of Atlanta, Charlotte, or Greenville, SC—these areas have strong rental markets and good business potential.

get quotes, run the numbers.on the addition - it's almost definitely not worth it, i suspect the time to pay the costs back for the increase in rent might be decades or longer. 

Increasing your construction budget by a small amount can have an enormous impact on your overall construction budget, productivity and site safety/insurance premiums.

If sales prices in the local real estate market are increasing, as they are now in much of the country, there is less risk in taking on a project like this. 

Everyday my respect for you Ben is increasing.

It’s showing as increasing the loan amount although monthly interest payment stays the same? 

what I would do to decide if brrr method is the way to go-Assess the cost of necessary updates and improvements and compare them to the potential increase in your home's value.