The FOOD selection in the city dominates the suburbs to no end however.Once in the Suburbs getting around is far easier than in the city to be honest.

It's extremely competitive, and I'm guessing you're looking at MLS listings with your realtor.http://www.stthomas.edu/business/centers/shenehon/pdf/MplsStpResREIndex1282014.pdfGood luck.

Honestly I attended thinking I'd at least get a free meal and possibly network with some other investors in my area!

To be quite honest with you not much

its extremly competitive and prices are going up.

We've gotten very little response from that and I don't honestly feel comfortable renting it as it would be a negative cashflow deal.

Being my honest self I said no I do not have an investor yet.

We do update if it is extremely old/poor looking but as long as it is average we will just deep clean it and leave it.Vacancy is almost never an issue since the area is highly desired, close to highway, shopping so we typically rent at market rent or sometimes 50$ below if they are willing to sign a multiple year lease.

Honestly I can't speak to the turn around of a 3 bedroom over say a 1 since we mostly are focusing on flips right now, but generally I think people think the turn around is less with a larger unit because there is a good possibility they have kids ( or lots of stuff) and are a little more committed to staying for a while.

Other things to consider, besides hurricanes and tornadoes, would be places with extreme weather conditons - cold winters and hot summers.