I fully expect an OOS STR will be much more leg work than an MTR, that was big part as to why we trialed the MTR in our backyard rather than going all out and jumping right into the OOS STR. 

With cash in hand, this strategy can provide an unprecedented upper hand at the negotiation table.All the best!

I grew up on the northside, mom still lives there, and it's def a good area for middle-upper class families.

Unfortunately she wanted an arm and a leg for the downtown commercial property and the country multi family had a driveway that was too steep for me to consider with our winters and was in a bad spot.

I usually explain it as an octopus with a parent company (head) and many lower level LLCs (the legs). 

One acre with a fixer upper is currently around $400k-$500k+ and the monthly payment for that amount just stretches us too thin right now.

I have a track record of why it went down with dealing with two broken legs over the last two years with a few surgeries in between and can show proof of all my surgeries etc.

If you want a decent SFR , you're talking $300K-$350K; based on rents/taxes and the likes you may eek out a 2% ROI; don't expect much appreciation the next 5 years if any;  it's appreciated to the point where it's not affordable to the middle/ upper middle income classes in the  midwest... whether to buy or rent..

After being laid off back in Oct 2023 from Upper Management change (New COO) that let my General Manager and then myself go 40ish days later.

One thing I liked before the redesign was that they gave numbers based on the average, upper 25% and top 10%.