We have offshored our reservations department and have them assisting with reservations related administrative tasks but I believe you will still be extremely involved in the day to day without a PM company. 

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

@Paul TimminsThank you so much for the advice.It's greatly appreciated and so far this website has been extremely helpful for me.

The architectural quotes I have received for design, city review changes, and all construction docs are extremely high. 

Keep crushing it there.That is a phenomenal answer and extremely helpful!

We only seek out section 8 in extreme situations.

It's the same, just as deranged, just not yet to the same extremes. 

When I represent buyers, it's extremely important to me that they're 100% satisfied with their purchase.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

I would check out the yellowbird facebook group, it's extremely active and focused on just Jacksonville and there will be people in the group that know the areas much better than me.