The city is poorly run and actually just passed a rental inspection program which is violation of state law and does not set a good tone for landlords. 

I like Million Dollar RE agent by Gary Keller, Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki,  Million dollar investor by Gary Keller, and The Abcs of Commercial Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy.#3) You have to have the money to cover this idea and dream so how are you going to do that?

No fault termination costs the landlord 1 month’s rent. https://leginfo.legislature.ca...To me the cap on the rent control is not onerous, but the law makes it much more difficult to get rid of poor tenants.  

The rest would just be county land, and as long as the county is STR-friendly (which many are around the US as long as there isn't a huge city within them) it would be relatively safer to invest outside of city/ real town limits (especially if the county is poor and dependent on occupancy/ "hotel" taxes).

.💼 - Under the new regulations, property owners will need to obtain a short-term rental permit, pay a fee, and comply with various safety and health requirements.🛌 - The regulations also limit the number of occupants in a short-term rental to two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons.📞 - Short-term rental operators must also provide contact information to neighbors and respond to complaints within 30 minutes.💬 - The regulations were developed with input from stakeholders, including short-term rental operators, residents, and community organizations.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.

There are lots of traveling professionals within the health care field as well as corporate travel, construction travel and digital nomads.

The ones that are currently suffering and are going to suffer are the poorly operated rentals.

., no-call/no-show, white laundry getting washed with color laundry and getting ruined, cleaners showing up late, cleaners being unfamiliar with Airbnb/STRs in general, bad communication, and overall poor cleaning quality resulting in bad reviews.)

I wonder if getting the basement done while they are there can raise safety or health concern.