I used to run a national mortgage company and had an investment firm in CA working on solely residential property in different locations and the got into multifamily acquisitions starting in 2018. 

I would have thought Chinese national buyers would have mostly dried up by now. 

I love the idea of being out of debt but am a bit hesitant about getting out of the Rocky Mountain national park market, as we would never be able to get back in.

I haven't done my due diligence yet but I wonder why the national builder are not going to make money in Columbus if it is such a growing market. they do make money.

Occupancy rates remained robust at 74.1%, outperforming the national average by 0.9 percentage points.Asking and Effective Rent (ADR and RevPAR)ADR for all tiers is projected to grow steadily over the next few years:- 2024: $193- 2025: $197- 2026: $200- 2027: $204- 2028: $209RevPAR is also expected to show consistent growth:- 2024: $155- 2025: $160- 2026: $163- 2027: $166- 2028: $169Upper-tier properties command a significant premium, with ADR forecast to be $233 in 2024, compared to $122 for lower-tier properties.

Most sports teams are owned by syndication groups, most corporate debt is syndicated between multiple lenders, etc.

I would like to rent it out to traveling nurses or corporate rentals since there is a very large Navy Base there and also 2 hospitals.

Banks were very conservative and nationals had not come in to the market yet..

I have experience as an SFR investor (rentals), as a realtor as well as corporate experience in mortgage lending and servicing practices from a large bank - all of which I will leverage to grow my MLO career.

They are set up to serve government and corporate structures to create obedient worker bees who die more or less just when they are eligible to get something back.