Is anyone investing in the Grand Rapids, MI area?

I definitely think the risk of not buying is the biggest reason I am looking into this now, I think balancing the risk of buying (potential for a crash or for negative cash flow) with the risk of not buying (missing out on major market wins, being tied to rapidly rising rents) is going to be the big thing for me. 

Rapidly you'll likely want to scale up, so get the best lease terms possible to be able to do so when you next loan qualification rolls around.

Lents hasn't followed the same narrative as other neighborhood that have rapidly gentrified, but by my math, it's had steady appreciation in its existing housing stock, as well as steady investment in renovation of individual properties.

These are big responsibilities and time consuming, so they may consider a weighted compensation from the rentals for compensation of these positions. 

Also Yahoo was recently sold to/bought by Verizon so wouldn't put much weight on how any scrapped plans within Yahoo is being indicative of the state of the economy.

East Austin used to be a pretty terrible area but is now being gentrified big-time as Austin is expanding so rapidly.

My pros on this property: I personally like the home (as I should since this will at least temporarily be my primary residence), It offers me some personal advantages as far as location to various amenities (including my job), I'm in a market (Atlanta) that is growing in value very rapidly, so I believe its somewhat safe to say I shouldn't anticipate losing money (although I recognize a market crash can happen anywhere), did I mention ridiculously good location?

However I would like to do what makes the most sense on a case by case basis.BRRRR will be at minimum security for retirement, with the hopes of proceeding rapidly in order to leave my day job and go REI full time.I realize that most investors have a good idea when analyzing a property whether they will sell or rent, however My questions are...What criteria do you use when deciding to sell or rent?

Since the turn over rate of new LT's coming to flight school is so high (most only stay 18 months) the pockets of successful developments shifts rapidly.