(Jumped from 1 to 10 since the following is not done in order just a weighting system that was used as filters:US News' Ranking of Univ > 300Univ Population > 10k (with minor exceptions)Cities Population > 40kMost recent Population change of City > 0% (cash flow mainly like I said, but combined with following could lead to incr apprec)City density (peeps / sq mi) > 1,000Rental Vacancy Rate < 6% (must use PM so high turnover is not super ideal) (yes, I know, base was college area... grrr....)Median property value < $210 K (risk mitigation)Median Rent (used with above for rough cash flow ranking)Cash Flow Indicator ( 1 - Rental Vacancy Rate) * Median Rent / Median Propert Value > (Iteratively throw away cities on bottom 50% of list.)Tax / Legal Friendliness of StateThen take the top 7 from above and review the micro investing climate (actual cash flow, Cash on Cash, etc) of turn keys.

I will definitely keep it as a rental after weighting everyone's comments.

I’ve found out from times past that personal recommendations can carry a lot of weight.

There's no question that the heated appreciation that we've been seeing is not sustainable but what is more likely to happen as it always does is that the market will eventually run out of steam and will gradually return to equilibrium.

But obviously the recommendations carried more weight.

The market rate in your area should set your rent...... if you are way below, then gradually increase it to slightly below market.

thank you Zachary, Michael, Yes Michael, I am not looking for cash flow from day 1 , but profit via {appreciation +  low maintenance + gradual increase of rent} over 10 year period and constant availability of good quality tenents.thanks and regardsvijay 

Perhaps weighted polling functionality as a way rank various aspects of the service being received.

6) Is the number I'm offering less than a weighted average of (answer to 5)?

I'm not advocating getting rid of Realtors because most of them are worth their weight in gold.