Columbus looks promising and has had decent growth and has a good future growth potential.

Home to the University of Kentucky and lots of growth in the past five years.

I have been driving for dollars in the Jacksonville Metro area.

As they move up the net worth ladder investors tend to want less headaches and move into higher quality assets where ongoing cash flow is a little less but long term equity growth prospects are high.There is generally not demand for low income areas except for investor buyers searching for yield to deal with a headache versus ultra high quality areas where investors will usually pay  a premium to a seller to own in an area.

Would you drive a car without insurance, own you property without insuring it, then don’t sell your property without protecting yourself by using a professional.

They are all in stable neighborhoods composed of primary owner/occupiers in markets with strong 30 year population + job growth forecasts.Sources of risk come from a variety of sources, starting with (1) the market, (2) the property and location, (3) price you pay, (4) management strategy, (5) rental rate you set, (6) rehab budget, (7) service provided to your tenants and how strict you are with them, (8) your ability to attract and retain high quality brokers, leasing agents, inspectors, handyman/contractors/agents, etc, etc., (9) level of investment experience you have, (10) familiarity of the market, etc.As an investor, one of my primary responsibilities is risk management... my ability to fully understand all of the risks that I am taking and put processes/structures in place to minimize or control these risks.And if you are a successful risk manager, i have found that in REI you are able to mitigate the downside and generate returns that ARE NOT commensurate with the risks you are taking and do so by providing a triple win to your investors, your tenants, and yourself!

You just need it towed out of there (probably legally) Or maybe you have a friend that can break in, hotwire and drive it down to the nearest walmart and leave it parked there, then someone else will handle it!

This is something the City of Austin will try to addressed via CodeNEXT.According to Steve Crorey, 2018 president of the Austin Board of REALTORS®, "Last month, economists predicted an upwards of 5 percent growth in median home prices within the Austin area, and we have far surpassed that. 

It's not really the realtor's job to drive around and personally view specific houses for someone that may or may not come to work with them.

IF you dont' ever plan to move further than a 3 or 4 hour drive, then youll have no issues managing this thing and continuing to operate it.