It just depends what your long term goals are and if you want appreciation for wealth creation (Columbus) or strictly cash flow with more headaches (Cleveland).

Return say 20% to 100% Both Cash flow/Appreciation, Risk moderate, Knowledge highDeveloper- Takes a more raw asset and adds value through ground up creation or adaptation. 

Vacancy (CMHC): Calgary 4.9%, Vancouver 1.2%, Toronto 4.5%, Montreal 3.0%Population growth 1961-2021 (StatsCan)-Unemployment percent 2001-2019 (StatsCan)-Conclusions:* AB is the only one where unemployment is trending higher (oil based economy)* QC has the most significant reduction in unemployment, a combination of high job creation and relatively slower population growth* despite having the most population growth, ON still manages to produce a lot of jobs for people going thereREI is a long term endeavor, so it's worth the upfront time in doing some analysis to increase your chances of success in the future.

The city is thriving and attracting numerous major companies with the likes of Intel, Honda, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Wexner Medical Center - resulting in the creation of thousands of job opportunities and significant population growth in the coming months and years.

99% of them worked a boring job and grinded out the side hustle (content creation, building brands, selling merch) until the side hustle out weighed the regular job.You achieved success already.

I like Sisters too (almost moved there instead of Bend) but it seems a lot more tourism dependent and less diversified so I went where the bulk of the new job creation is happening.

The city is thriving and attracting numerous major companies, resulting in the creation of thousands of job opportunities in the coming months and years.

Usually also don't factor in the wealth creation parts of it too when they use most calculators.

After my first rental appreciated a bit I saw how powerful that could be for wealth creation.

It would create immediate equity and eventually rents would catch up but that could be a few years.With the new seasoning rules you have to wait 12 months from creation of your last mortgage to refinance and pull cash out.