This will be a 10 year play.  

Sidenote: I am a note investor and play in this space as my full time job, so I am not some crackhead. 

So even if the landlord approves an expungement (deletion), the judge is not supposed to delete it unless the eviction was not legitimate at the time it was filed.  

Again, fair play for a major business like this, but it's the old guard who have held up the forums for years, even with their technological ineptitude.

So if you had 20 of them, you're talking about a huge retirement kicker that you can build.If you're up there higher in age (i.e. 40's or 50's), then the long play doesn't make as much sense. 

Plus, having a fully paid-off property could be a nice safety net if the STR market takes a hit or occupancy slows down.On the flip side, if you’re eager to grow, saving for another property could be the better play.

Long term play would be to either use it as a short term rental or 1031 exchange it after 2+ years.

Cash flow is real, but it’s often a long-term play.

In playing with the numbers a bit, I'm seeing a trend of atleast 2% rent to price and (ideally) < 7% mortgage rate needed to achieve a decent cash on cash rate.

Columbus is going to be more of an appreciation play and cash flow margins will be tighter in the beginning.