I believe this will serve to be more attractive to potential tenants and I will most likely not have to incur any maintenance reasons for hopefully several years.

It is much closer but a 5-hour drive.Cons- Higher property costs than Market 1 and much more crime so I could potentially pick a bad area to invest in.Market 3Pros- Small College town with very high rental rates, very reasonable RE prices, higher rents.

I have over 11 years of marketing experience developing marketing campaigns with big brands like Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm, 6 years of event production experience and over 11 years as an entrepreneur and small business coach. 

You will not find the (very subjective) information in the MLS if for no other reason, licensing laws prohibit it. 

I think its reasonable that anybody looking to rent is going to expect to pay a deposit or move in fee so collect the extra money. 

This is something that I have grown increasingly aware of and believe in; that there will always be unknowns for your first deal, there will always be reasons why you "shouldn't yet", and I just feel as though I've almost gotten myself to a tipping point of just pulling the trigger (obviously once I've run the numbers and believe I've found a good deal).

There are some other reasons but IME those are the big 2. 

The fees seem fairly reasonable to me.

For sure, the reason the NC legislature passed the bill(s) regulating CFD in NC was precisely the reasons you posted.

The reason I say that is my understanding of RE is that the trends go up and down every few years.