My name is Ben and I am about a month into diving deep on real estate investing education.

Good afternoon, I am new to real estate and investing.  

A professional property manager should handle the heavy lifting, ensuring your investment is protected and profitable without adding stress to your plate.

I have been investing in Columbus real estate since 2017.

Alternatively, if I can find a lower cost single fam home where I can cash out 100% of my investment I would do that but those have been harder to find recently. 

Just focusing on the passive income you want to achieve will leave you chasing cash flow which will have you buying properties in worse areas with harder tenancies that seem to cash flow better, but will have large cap ex.Any time someone asks a question about where to invest and it can be anywhere, they aren't ready to invest and are opening themselves up to every pitch in the world on an area.

what factors should I be looking at when making this decision.  

First off, Congratulations on your investment.

That is another factor that a bank will consider. 

Hi Jeffrey,Great to see you’re looking to scale into multi-family commercial investing here in Indy!