So, I am buying long term rentals in a market where the cashflow is higher but the appreciation is not as strong as other markets.

I strongly recommend you reach out to @Mark Roland with Foursquare Insurance for landlord insurance on your LLC owned rentals here in the state of Texas.

Which open you up to an aggressive purchasing power and a strong PITI reserve required my most lenders.

In my opinion, that will have a strong effect on our appreciation, but not on our demand.

It can be a challenge to find reliable GCs to get all that work done in a timely manner unless you have a strong referral from a friend or family member.

Excellent point and I can't strongly enough second that "just leave" is a non-answer at best. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published the results of research conducted into how lenders are likely to be doing their business in the future, and what new information and personal data these companies plan to start asking from borrowers in order to determine their credit score.The biggest takeaway is the seemingly inevitable shift from merely accessing credit information to also incorporating people’s online behavior into the process of deciding whether to lend them money necessary, for example, to buy a house.Compared to the way the system now works in most countries – these changes, which are expected to be coming soon, look fairly invasive privacy-wise, and with no “vision” of proper safeguards.

Everyone wants to feel understood, so if you can build that understanding you're well on your way to a strong connection.Everything after that comes down to follow up.

But as long as you have a strong mindset and taking action, good things will keep coming your way.

I don't have personal experience with Columbus but it has strong economic and demographic fundamentals so I would say wherever the numbers work best for you, Just make sure you're in the right neighborhoods.