Actually in the 400+ properties i deal with on a weekly basis these are by far the simplest to maintain and lease on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.  

I talk to people daily who truly believe they have to go to work for someone else until they are 65, have car/house payments with "bad debt" their whole lives.  

Refer to it at least weekly if not daily (when you shave?)

My current daily commute is like 1.5 hours each way so I need a break, LOL...

I will answer questions to my question as they come about but know this...Charlotte is a hot spot with plenty of new rental buildings popping up daily, especially in the downtown area. 

For example, I am just interested in multi families so I analyze deals daily through the MLS.  

It teaches daily ... :-)

If you can make a buck doing it, so much the better.If your interests are more along the lines of financial, however, there are better ways to make use of your daily 24 hours- 1,440 minutes - 86,400 seconds.My $0.02...David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

It can also work if you just need a place to park a large capital volume and just want to put 50% down and let a management company handle cash-flow going forwards.Better areas to look at would be the regions surrounding Seattle, especially to the south from Renton to Tacoma as well as across the water in Bellingham or other island areas.

But I work with commercial/multifamily developers on a daily basis in my day job and can tell you everything they are building over there is going to just push values up.