In short, it may be more valuable to pursue areas where the cash flow isn't as strong on paper because it's made up for in other problems you avoid with properties in areas that cash flow well on paper at first but suffer from high turnover, a high level of vacant properties nearby, etc.- Check up frequently on the property and conduct walk throughs as allowed by your lease agreement.- Hire a solid property manager who gets paid to keep tabs on the property for you. 

She is requesting the carpet stretching not be done until her tenancy ends, which normally I'd be fine with, but I've been told waiting too long to address it could damage the carpet long term (this is a higher end rental).

The tenant pool is pretty decent in most areas for nice rentals as rates have pushed up smaller buys too high for first-time buyers in some of the towns.

It sounded likely that a co-primary structure on the same lot would end up in front of the BMZA (Baltimore Municipal and Zoning Appeals) and many of the same standards for a primary residence in that zoning classification would still apply to the co-primary structure, unless BMZA waived it.

High BP, I’m very new yet have had years of credit cards, building credit and working on consolidation. 

Are you happy with the return on that investment and do you think it will continue to appreciate (highly dependent on where you are at in the Bay Area)?

I am committed to immersing myself in order to gain the knowledge needed to successfully secure and begin operating my first income producing property by end of 2024!

Several factors could explain why the homeownership rate remains relatively high.

If you're looking for a market that has landlord friendly laws and high growth potential, I would go with Columbus, OH.

In the end It is likely the whole property could eventually go to a developer but the apartments are a historic granite building so they would have to stay and building out would be in the house and barn area and the acres behind (currently treed so little maintenance).