This sort of ruins the appeal if you have more funds you want to safely earn interest on. 

What's more appealing to a buyer for the same price? 

The ROI of a good STR always appealed to me.

Your success here reflects well on your management and the property's appeal.

Most of the houses I have looked at are new construction since a good amount of the sellers are offering a buy down towards rate or closing costs which is very appealing for the first property. 

I prefer to buy homes that i can add value to before renting them, either by renovating a kitchen or bathrooms or making the curbside appeal slightly better.

It's not as appealing to me as a place to live as Dallas and Houston, but that area is a good market and would like more information there too if you've got it.

G'Day everyone,Just wanted to write a quick post to "set the record straight" on the Toledo market.A few investors recently asked me if the Toledo market was "Booming".I can with full confidence tell you that it isn't and it probably never will...Many "Toledoians" might say that it is but in my opinion that is because they haven't educated themselves on other truly "Booming" markets around the nation.I will say this though, the Toledo market has probably never been better.Downtown is very alive with new hotels, restaurants and bars opening up.ProMedica Hospital is doing wonders for the downtown region along with other areas across Toledo.All of this is fantastic new but let's not confuse it with other "Booming" markets like a Texas or Florida for example.Cranes everywhere, new apartments being built, high population growth, jobs, tech, etc...Toledo and other Midwest cities will just never have the demand/appeal as some other areas across the country.Granted, I really don't know of any other market where you can indeed get a "better bang for your buck".Solid B class properties for the price of a parking spot like in some other higher growth markets lolKeep in mind that 1 or 2 properties won't make you rich so you must have a growth type mindset to do well in the Midwest.Building a large portfolio of 10+ properties will make it stable, safe and will provide a better long term return on investment.Thanks for reading and Happy Investing

An additional benefit of a detailed engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is that it can increase potential insurance premium savings as well as provides support for the property tax appeals process.Additionally, it can help maximize renovations and improvements.A Cost Segregation study is an IRS approved federal income tax tool that increases near term cash flow by utilizing shorter recovery periods for depreciation to accelerate return on investment.

You will appeal to a wider range of buyers without tenants in the home.