The Birmingham market has been showing steady growth, with increasing demand for both single-family homes and multi-family properties.

We modeled every new build in our market every year and find that it's exponential growth as you build smaller your returns go higher and I would guess it's the same for existing. please comment on your market and trends if you've seen similar patterns anywhere in the country.

Finally, assess the neighborhood for safety, amenities, and potential for growth.

And even those remittances often come back in the form of trade and economic growth."

If you're open to $120-180k, I would recommend looking into Columbus Ohio as it does have much better growth and appreciation potential than Cleveland and Dayton. 

You basically have high growth and low cash flow Columbus OR decent growth and solid cash flow of Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati. 

Looking forward to seeing your growth in this business!

Market fundamentals to consider: population growth, average income, median home price and average rent, crime rate.

@Shiloh Lundahl I will do value add specifically with ADU development, so I am tracking permits to find other ADU developments and overall inventory growth to find a competitive edge with supplying demand in areas lacking larger residential developers aka "the middle housing"@Arlem Garcia Interesting, Tariffs will play a big role in supply chains, so it will be interesting to see how governments come to resolutions@Henry Clark Absolutely, imo gone are the days of investing for cashflow or appreciation, now it's about aligning long-term strategies with lifestyle 

But I can't see why Cleveland would increase in value based on negative population growth and, generally, being a bad place to live.