Of the cities I can afford to get a rental near me I've compiled a list of rents to use as references in my quick property analysis. 

@ Cody Weiss I am not quite sure to be honest,  that is why I wanted to ask the question and see what the more experienced think :) In my mind, if we're out of nafta, this will put a strain on the auto industry in the region more than anything else, resulting in job cuts -> less ppl that can afford to rent in the city.

If you can afford to hold onto it why not keep it and wait until spring?

I started learning about real estate over 3 years ago when I decided to fix-up a house to live-in because i couldn't afford rent in my area. 

I had seen several articles regarding an affordable housing shortage in the area and EB just landed a contract for 5 billion dollars worth of submarines.

You can if you want to and if you can afford it but it could be an overkill depending on the assets and the equity you have in those propweties.I have 4 of my rentals in MO in a single LLC but they are all 80-100k rentals.I wont include an asset that has say halfa million in equity in that same LLC or another LLC thats holding sec 8/c class rentalsWhile starting out I‘d say focus more on the deals and acquistions over being too obsessed about asset protection.

I do agree with your assessment that this would be frustrating for the tenant.

However, there continues to be a shortage of available homes for sale, and the homes that are for sale are priced on the extreme high side or are going into escrow in a matter of days, resulting in a need for rental units.A business partner of mine just recently purchased a 3 family in Western Massachusetts, remodeled kitchens bathrooms and re did the wood floors, ( all affordable renovations), and increased his rents by over 19%!!!!

Are you getting affordable housing grants from the city/state?

This would also afford me the security of having around $6K cash flow monthly coming in from my business should I have some unforeseen “bumps in the road” with my rookie real estate investing but also afford me true potential to grow my real estate portfolio.Plan B is to sell my business and use the cash to purchase several multi-unit properties or even an apartment.