We also like the employment picture- Hueytown isn’t far from the Mercedes Benz plant in Vance, and just down the road from Bessemer, which has the new Amazon fulfillment center- both bringing in relatively well-paying jobs, economic activity, and rental demand.

It's a lot easier to "close down a plant" than it is to "move a teaching hospital attached to a university".  

Home to The Ohio State University with nearly 60,000 students, 5 Fortune 500 companies, over +25% population change since 2000, 2016 smart city challenge award winner gaining 50 million dollars in funding from the government (https://www.columbus.gov/smartcity/), Intel is spending 20 Billion dollars to build two semiconductor plants, and many more great things presently and coming in the future.

I contacted the local gas plant and set it up as a contractor rental.

I've looked through Texas for next to Plants, military bases, and major highway access to Houston, and good school districts but I've not made 1 offer yet!

It is mostly a blue collared town and pretty close to the Toyota Mazda plant.

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.

The remodel included the following labor and materials included:1300 sqft addition to an existing 1700 sqft homeA new roof was installed2 4 ton ac units with furnace were installedA complete home repipe with copper and a new tankless water heater installed80 recessed lights installed, 75 new outlets, 25 new dimmers2800 sqft of enginerred wood floor installed along with new baseboard 4 complete bathroom remodels from a-zComplete kitchen remodel with 22 cabinets, quartz counters with a waterfall island and full backsplash quartz wallsNew garage door, along with a new driveway, and fence installedComplete exterior landscape with over 100 plants and 10 olive trees installedRaise an existing 8 foot ceiling to 12 feet in the living room25 vinyl windows installed with moldings4 new closets installed15 interior doors installed 3 patio sliding doorsBuild a 150 sqft deck outsideMarble fire place with custom mantel Demo and disposal of all project materials 250 sheets of drywall hung, sanded, textured, and complete interior painting$5000 worth of new appliances$7000 worth of cameras, speakers, smart home featuresNew stucco to exterior of home, plus siding$15,000 worth of permits, plans, site plans, city fees

. - If you planted trees each year for 10 years before you started harvesting, you could eventually use the money that you sold the trees for to buy more saplings and keep planting.

Understand that MANY of the renters in that town work in the poultry and manufacturing plants which will likely limit what they can afford.Your best options in Springdale will be based on school districts.