If you do all the repairs at once, city hall might require more costly repairs than you expected.

Your most important asset when investing in rental properties in other cities will be your property manager.

I'm currently looking at cities back east like Pittsburgh which has a great market for rentals and seems to be a city on the rise!

Before I start this discussion, I wanted to post the link to the Article with the title "Population migration patterns: US cities Americans are abandoning" but don't go to the link YET.

My name is Dayne Winters and I live in the city of Richland in Washington State.

Each city/county will have their own regulations regarding this.

Is it City of Charlotte or Mecklenburg County?

We are also in the Kansas City multi unit market.

People are seeking out places where they can get yield and cash flow.Before places like Phoenix and Atlanta used to be hot rental markets but now it seems people are buying more in places like Cleveland , Indianapolis , Kansas City , Birmingham,AL.etc The other markets are still hot even though people might not be able to cash flow well because the general economy is doing well , unemployment is half or less than it was during the recession in many of these places and people want to live in those places .

Unfortunately, my nanny went back to Mexico.