The problem is with Gastonia is this: (it's not the commute, because it's not far from the international airport, and you can be in Charlotte in the same amount of time it takes from Rock Hill or Lake Norman (two exploding areas)..) the problem with Gastonia is taxes and mismanagement of infrastructure funds.

They are expanding the major freeway that connects Pearland to downtown so traffic is bad right now, but I believe they are expected to finish in late 2019 so the area is only going to explode more than it already is.

@Autumn Alexander From what I've seen, Little Havana has been exploding in regards to investor-interest since about 2015.

In the last 10 years the property management industry has exploded both in the quantity and quality of the managers.

The project will be perfect or the designers head will explode...and I'm paying the contractor with her running point on construction admin, so he'll suffer until it's perfect.The point is, if you can apply your complex skillset to a parallel universe, you'll do well. 

I would also be at a shortage of capital at the moment :lol:The area we live at (DC Metro), residential real estate just exploded in the past 6 years.

I just don't think I understand how exactly renting can truly explode for me.

I am also about 500 meters from what they call the new "downtown" and investments overall have been exploding in my direct area (keep in mind this is a city of about 375 000 souls so it's definitely not NYC type of downtown but it's still a MAJOR change compared to what has happened in the last 20 years or so) I am curious as to what all these changes will bring me in terms of property appreciation?

On the other hand, the business owner, who hires employees (property managers, contractors, etc) to do the work for them, comes back to find their business more profitable than when they left.Mike does his own PM, repairs, etc. etc. which creates a situation in that if he is not there, there is no one to answer the phone call about the exploded water heater at 2am.

However, if you don’t carefully analyze your target demographic and get crystal clear about which words and phrases you wish to bid on, your expenses could explode and you’ll have nothing to show for it.