I am wondering with what high population growth with this town and the area around it if it is a good start to purchase a townhome that I would be renting out.If needed any town within a 100 mile radius of there I can venture out to.Thank you!!

Sorry, but with so many questions, this scenario stinks to high heaven.You will be lending in second position at best.

Then the lender will borrow you the $200k at a very high rate hoping you fail to make payments. 

For example, cash flow might benefit from areas with high rental demand, while appreciation might be better in growing markets.4. 

Any advice would be highly appreciated along with some general contacts for property management. 

It's what they post as FMR, but it's not necessarily a reflection of what you are going to get, I completely agree with you.For fun, I went on rentometer.com because it usually shows good example, and for houses specifically, here's the numbers:1 – 4 Bed Summary1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bedAverage Rent$1,139 ±9%$1,735 ±5%$2,281 ±5%$2,892 ±12%Median Rent$1,000$1,750$2,000$2,67525th – 75th Percentile$901 – 1,376$1,319 – 2,150$1,681 – 2,881$1,987 – 3,79710th – 90th Percentile$687 – 1,590$945 – 2,524$1,142 – 3,420$1,173 – 4,610Standard Deviation$353$616$889$1,341Sample Size11596314Search Radius3.0 mi3.0 mi3.0 mi3.0 miIf would actually like to chat one on one with you to understand why all the FMR are so high in rentometer.com, zillow.com, huduser.gov, CHMA's website and you are telling me they are far from these numbers.

If you truly are as liberal as you say, then you have a very high degree of common sense.

Found the forum while looking for information about Syndication as a tool to recruit Investment.I am based in the US and Mexico and currently just completed a mixed Vacation Rental Boutique building project in Tulum, Riviera Maya, Mexico.Looking forward to develop additional projects in the area which is blessed with high volume of local and foreign visitors.

Some important information:-A large bank is planning to open 10 locations here in Knoxville -Buying at our next location is not an option due to high prices.

If you have listed on the high side, it will take longer to rent out and often they will stay 1 term signifying it is high.