President of the Universe could take a while, the other thing will take a few years, but is not that hard. 

There is no universal right or wrong, it's personal, it should be a strategy that enhances your life not takes away from it.

Here's what works for me: 1) Posting your property on Facebook Marketplace2) Craigslist3) Talk to local universities or big corporations who may need short or long term housing for their clients4) Property managers are hit or miss.

Here’s why:Affordability: You can find solid properties here well within your $200k–$300k budget.Cash Flow Potential: Indianapolis has a growing population, a diverse economy, and relatively low property taxes compared to some other midwestern markets like Cleveland.Investor-Friendly: Indy is landlord-friendly with strong rental demand, especially in neighborhoods near downtown, universities, and revitalized areas like Fountain Square or Irvington.If you’re open to a strategy involving light renovations, there are plenty of opportunities to add equity and boost rental income here.

But also Columbia has university of South Carolina and a tier 1 and tier 2 hospital so I would have the option of midterm rentals as well.

I went to university in the Midwest many years ago.

It’s also close to Friends University and Newman University. 

Well, there are two colleges nearby, Delta State and Mississippi Valley but they are about the poorest 4-year public universities in the state and most of the people that go to them are from the Delta. 

“It’s just an entire ripple effect.”Not your ordinary REITDuring the Way of the Renaissance Man podcast interview, Mendenhall told host Woods that he came to real estate after an early career coaching college baseball, a grueling vocation that he said left him feeling burnt out.Mendenhall did his coaching at the University of San Francisco, according to his biography on RAD’s website.

These are the universal elements and actually might not be a bad place to start.