Do you feel confident that this project will be successful and that the dev/sponsor has selected an area with job, population and rent growth?

Also, it has lots of job opportunities and population growth.

If cash flow is that important you will likely need to shop smaller markets (population of 40k or less), but of course, your risk will increase in those less stable markets.

That might be tough with population being so low.

This is a minority population as loud as they may seem at times. 

Columbus has lots of job opportunities and population growth.

I have not personally invested out of state YET but have heard that “population growth” is an important metric to keep in mind when looking in markets to see the trend of people moving out or moving into areas.

I am an investor/developer in Northern California.We plan to build fourplexes in populated/traveled areas in the Nor-cal Bay Area.If you don't know which way to go in order to retire yourself/your family, this is a strategy I'd recommend:Buy land -> Build fourplex -> Rent out/Airbnb units -> Refinance the property -> Repeat!

Population 35k plus and we have our own unique employers such as a military base, school district, law enforcement agencies, and city/county governments.

I watch the Socio Economist who looks at population change impacts a lot.