I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

I was looking at the website Propertyrecords.com, but I am not sure how safe or accurate it is.

There are many good people here, some of whom have not had the blessings I've known so I want to help them by providing safe, attractive, and affordable housing.

Are travel nurses who work odd hours going to feel safe in this area, since you say it's somewhat sketchy? 

You seem to have a lot of DRIVE AND THE ABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE.

I believe Airbnb has pretty good security measures in place to keep hosts and guests safe, but you can look into that more

I've run the numbers on homes in our price range within a 3hr drive radius of our zip and they just don't make sense as rental units.I'm fluent in Spanish so other than the financing problem maintaining a rental in Costa Rica vs another market in the USA that requires a flight is fairly comparable from my perspective.Its funny because buying a sub 70k house anywhere in the US would be so easy for us.

I would feel safe using the security deposit on smoke mitigation on turnover which might include kill/paint purchase of ozone machine steam cleaning or replacing carpet etc. remember to account for useful life if replacing.

The basic membership is an easy way to test drive the organization for not much cash. 

All of these can make a difference.Look for...JOB GROWTH - If there are employers coming to the area, people follow and populations increase.POPULATION GROWTH - What is the driving force behind the growth?