It's a great place to lay down some roots if you are a large company like Carrier....

Compared to OKC, it will be a bit of a shellshock.I recommend sticking to your roots in Oklahoma and eschewing investing in Bay Area for now, unless you are willing to swing around some serious capital on flipping.

Acquisition is the root of real estate investing - if you can master the systems and processes around that you will have a skill that can be translated to bigger and bigger deals.I'd advise against developing on your own at first - if you find a partner that is knowledgable then go for it.Syndications can be great, they also can be horrible.

See if you can find a root cause and then fix the problem.Maybe they are advertising on more places?

Roots cost of living here has been mitigatedWhat is your full time income producing job?                       

I think the real root of this is actively communicating with the tenants.

Rooting for ya. 

Compare this to any city and the Midwest and it becomes even more impressive that Columbus is exploding right now....we're the only city in the Midwest to experience growth during COVID-19...still retain AAA Bond ratings across the board, have a maxed out rainy day fund and a windfall of tax revenue.Columbus is becoming a hotbed of tech startups to include Olive (AI), Cover My Meds, Root insurance, and Path Robotics...Sequoia Capital has entered our city and providing venture capital for the first time in its history.Bottom lineProperties are still very affordable when compared to national pricesRents are starting to keep pace with purchase priceTop 3 landlord friendly state with no legislation on the horizon to change thisExplosive and sustainable job and population growthUnbelievable appreciation...30% year over price appreciation in entire zip codes is commonOh, and we're insulated from natural disasters...plenty of fresh water...and improving infrastructure 

All of my family grew up near Baton Rouge and went to LSU, so I'm rooting for you.

Isn't that the root question that all of this hinges on?