The new builds are very attractive with all of the incentives, but they are often in weird corners of the town and do not command as high of rent as more prime locations that have been around for awhile.

Denver is an attractive metro for a few reasons, so I downloaded monthly price and rent growth at the zip code level from Zillow’s public housing data.I then used a ranking algorithm to sort the top 10 zip codes for investing based on monthly average price growth and monthly average rent growth (both by percent growth), from 2019-2024.

They will have systems in place for finding off-market deals for you to analyse where the numbers are more attractive.

I thought about turning on IB, after all of the positive comments here, BUT like always, one has to consider the market and the kind of guests that it attracts. 

Relate to them based on where they might be traveling from, suggest a local hike/restaurant/attraction you like. 

The online options sound attractive with Solera.

The Fed will be lowering rates so that should make investments a bit more attractive.

Land contract emerged as the most attractive alternative financing in the last two recessions.

Location near jobs, tourism, or other attractions (like an airport).  

Columbus is also home to OSU, which constantly develops real estate, employs lots of jobs, and attracts students from the US and internationally to attend.