Have you noticed more homeowners in Elkhart opting for the FSBO route?

You and the wife could live in 1 side and you could rent the other doors out.

It's also easier to handle dips in census similarly to dealing with rental vacancy if you have one rental property compared to a larger apartment building.My wife loves the operations but we have steadily been working her out of the day-to-day stuff. 

I live in California.I also wanted to know if there was anything you wish you had known before setting up an LLC/IRA and why you chose to set one up and has having one met your expectations?

This is where you live in one side.

Here's the problem - in order to be fully dialed in the model needs to be unstable.

I am looking into investing in Findlay Ohio and would like to find an agent to answer some questions about the location, market, and suggestions on places.

If you learn how to use Hard Money loans properly and how to find good deals in need of rehab, there are plenty of areas of the country where you could buy 3-4 rent properties in solid middle class areas with good cashflow.

Quote from @Dennis McNeely: In a sandwich lease option, the investor exercises their option with the property owner to purchase the property when the tenant-buyer indicates they're ready to exercise their option and purchases the property.

The timing of people most apt to say "F-it, I'm done with this stuff, I'm gonna take the $ and run" is in that 90 day period.