If you can lower the sales prices and get out this is the easiest solution.

A house hack (purchase and live in 1 unit of a multifamily while renting the other unit[s] to cover the mortgage) is the easiest way to get started as you'll get used to the process and can use an FHA loan to have a minimal downpayment.

Minneapolis is one of the EASIEST if your doing things legit and willing to earn your rep as being legit. 

Say for example the standard commission for a new tenant is 6% with half going to your agent and half the tenants agent then that would be 3% going to the tenant agent.

Finding a sponsor is one of the most important parts of the process.The easiest place to start is people that already know and trust you.

I would appreciate it very much if someone who is involved in real estate in Memphis, either as a realtor or as an investor, would private message me so I could have a text conversation and ask my questions.The land bank is an interesting place, currently there are 2,770 properties for sale in the land bank which almost half of what is currently active in the local MLS.

This helps to partition a half-bath next to the back entrance.

If you are open to any location and have that much cash, I'd look somewhere a bit closer like SLC metro, Reno, Vegas, Arizona, or other growing markets in the western half of the US over Columbus. 

The subject property is on a beautiful half acre and already has a patio.  

According to the article in 2015 consumers lost ~$9 million from this fraud vs nearly half a billion dollars in 2022.A Silicon Valley executive had $400,000 stolen by cybercriminals while buying a home.