Highly recommend you DM @Samuel Eddinger and buy him lunch to pick his brain!

With 7 properties I would highly suggest getting a PM software to help you.

Here’s why lease options are a game-changer:🔹 Low Risk, High Leverage – Instead of buying a property outright, you lease it with the option to purchase later.

I also see your point about avoiding bargain basement properties, especially insofar as tax shielding is easier with an asset of a reasonable size.Your point about barriers to entry is also interesting, since I suppose those barriers can be geography (natural boundaries of mountains/water), but you're probably referring to that which impedes future construction?

It takes the pressure off as deadlines approach and gives you room to solve unexpected issues.

Ask your PM how to come up with some strategic incentives...possibly listing high and reducing every 7-10 days until it's rented, offer a move in special, a gift card, future rent credit, etc. 4.

For any investors in the group, take a peak at #10 Greensboro/High PointIt's an interesting choice of verbiage to look at "median" sale price YoY because 10% feels like A LOT on the entry-level/investment inventory, and more of what I see in the high-end resale and, specifically, new construction inventory that tends to swing our avg's way up in the macro.Completely disagree that rent will be 0%.

I do have a fairly high percentage of my net worth (35%) in the PPR fund. 

The Real Estate Guys do a great newsletter with lots of high-level information about the economy and how it impacts real estate.  

Of course the high crime statistics cannot be ignored in these cites, however I'm planning to buy only in the nicer/low crime neighborhoods which hopefully eliminates most of the crime risk.I was wondering if any of you could provide feedback on comparing these 3 cities.