On a macro level, Columbus has a new chip plant coming in town which I believe will drive demand, and the price to rent ratio is high which is great for cash flow.Best of luck to you!

Renters will not pay for watering the lawn or Plants!!!!  

When you talk to them there will be stories like....I own the house on one side of that lot and my mom on the other, so now we'll own the middle lot and plant a garden or build a garage or something.   

And it's not that you have to read it cover to cover, but you'll get a sense of Lockheed Martin is opening a facility here, or Volvo is opening a new plant here.

Remember with every rental purchased you are planting seeds for a tree that will mature to provide fruit forever.

Wait till rainy season in June starts to plant.  

There is also VinFast, WolfSpeed, the Toyota Battery Plant, ... large pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, energy producers, and a diverse cross section of other industries who are moving to or expanding within an hour of Raleigh.

Even if California will not relent on adjusting emission control standards, and the more than 1,000 supplemental workers at the Stellantis Toledo Jeep plant who are expected to rise to full-time permanent status are laid off, on balance, local incomes are rising.For the vast majority of individuals, a home is the largest single investment of a lifetime.

Do you plant to develop more?  

Whether you get a heloc or cash out refi really depends on what you plant to do next.