Hi Ignatius, following David Greene's Core 4 strategy—realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender—can give you confidence to invest in any location.

Cap rate (NOI/Price) isn't a meaningful metric for you here: You instead want cash-on-cash return (Cash_Flow/All-In_Investment), which tells you the rate of cash returned on your invested cash.

So make the investment now and it will pay off in the long run.

I live in Los Angeles so will be investing long distance. 

(Especially over the last few years) Is there a catch though to the popularity I'm seeing in Columbus and investing in rentals there? 

Good Morning,I live in New York, I am looking to move out of state. I have maybe 3 or 4 states in mind, I am trying to see where I could move that would be the most cost efficient for me. I would like to maybe buy lan...

I'm currently looking at investing in both provinces. 

Reason being, if you're shopping for a new PM, a nicer property with less of a hassle on maintenance will open that pool up.

I'd love some input on what to do:I am a 40 yrs with a stock market investments of 350K trying to coast fire in the next couple of years.I just got a green card and moving to the US from Canada and looking at which accounts to invest that money in the US.But I am not sure I will stay in the US in 10 or 20 yrs.What do you think would be the best strategy to coast fire when you are not sure where you are going to be in your later years?

20 years investing in Tampa.