Over the years the only place I have lost money is the stock market.

I wouldn't touch Franklinton with a 10' pole on the existing inventory side. gravity 2 is being auctioned and sold by the developer the area didn't support office developer lost millions:https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/12/19/gravity...linden I agree on if you can get a good deal. super fast appreciation. small homes, close to downtown, you can look at year over year and it's going up fast but also fast to change. any urban adjacent neighborhood is going to be good. 

Literally everybody else I know personally who invests remotely has lost either a little money or a lot of money.

I’m about to tell you about a deal that could have easily fallen apart, but instead turned into a $200k profit after a lengthy eviction process. This one came from Massachusetts, a state where the eviction laws are no...

Their videos consistently said that none of their investors had ever lost money.

I know a couple of people that lost jobs

She blatantly lied about tenants moving out, only to later admit in an email that there had never been a tenant in the unit at all.Failure to Collect Rent & Protect Owner Interests – She made what seemed to be no real effort to collect rent from tenants who consistently fell behind, leading to thousands in lost income.

Everyone has (or will) lost money.

They are faster, won't get lost in the mail, and less likely to bounce.You could have renters set up automatic payments from their bank to yours.

Hosts lost tens of thousands of dollars.