Yesterday, tenant found listing on furnished finder and made specific requests and they were hoping to get in that day, so I told them they could deposit cash in my bank and I would email the lease directly, which I did.

It's really hard to know what direction your city council will go in but it's advisable to try to talk to someone in the City planning department to get a read on the council's sentiment and to ensure you are at council meetings where it's going to be discussed. 

No specific amount but it will definitely be noted when doing comps .

As for picking a specific market - I would go after one with an increasing job and population growth.

Let me know if you have any advise on getting started. 

Happy to advise, but really need to know more. 

For instance, in Dallas or Houston, there are specific areas that are best to steer clear of.

Being present during the Appraiser's inspection is a bad idea unless there are specific issues which require you to be there.

This post sounds like you are giving legal / financial advise that you do not have the credentials to give.  

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).