It’s a market with strong fundamentals—population growth, fast job growth, and major companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Honda, Microsoft, and LG expanding here, which drives both rental demand and appreciation.

The reason it keeps coming up is the macroeconomics are on fire here: strong population growth, job growth, and massive companies moving in or expanding like Intel, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Honda, Microsoft, LG, Nationwide, and Anduril.

The city is booming with population growth, job growth, and big companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Honda, Facebook, Microsoft, and LG expanding here, which drives both rental demand and appreciation.

The macroeconomics are on fire with a ton of population and job growth, plus massive developments from Intel, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Honda, Microsoft, LG, and more.

One market I’d definitely suggest looking into is Columbus, Ohio; it’s still possible to find properties in the $120K–180K range that hit the 1% rule and positive cash flow while also benefiting from strong population growth, job growth, and companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Honda, Microsoft, and LG expanding here, which drives both rental demand and long-term appreciation.

I moved here from Portland in 2020 and now own 10+ rentals because the fundamentals are so strong—population growth, job growth, and huge companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Honda, Microsoft, LG and others investing heavily here.

That’s why I like Columbus Ohio so much for newer investors, the macroeconomics are on fire with population growth, job growth, and companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Honda, Microsoft, and LG expanding here, yet you can still find properties in the 120–180k range that hit the 1% rule and cash flow.

Columbus, Ohio is a great example: you can find single-family homes in the $120–180K range that hit the 1% rule and cash flow from day one, plus the city is growing fast with tons of job growth and major companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Honda, and Microsoft expanding here.

You can still find properties in the $120K–180K range that hit the 1% rule, cash flow from day one, and have strong long-term appreciation because the population and job growth here is really strong, plus big companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Honda, Facebook, Microsoft, and LG are investing heavily.

I moved here from Portland in 2020 and now own 10+ rentals, and I can say the market is still affordable while offering strong growth—population is booming, job growth is solid, and major companies like Intel, Amazon, Google, Honda, Facebook, Microsoft, and LG are expanding here.