If you live in CA, NY, Boston etc - the financial difference is big enough.Investing in your home town is always best, you have the home-field advantage and you can buy, rehab and manage a lot more efficiently.

I bought a single family home for cash in November, did the renovations and now have tenants.

You purchased the home as your primary.

I hope I laid this out in an understandable way but I say all of that to say is it worth trying to find a mentor whose already well versed in GC who’d be willing to coach me in my home build.

@Arron Paulino Your posts illustrate the challenges of exiting SFH's in markets where the natural buyer is another investor and not home owner.

This is the first home working with my new business partner, Kelley.

Here's an example: https://www.schlage.com/en/home/products/JDE265SUTFFFSTR.htm...

Cleveland currently has one of the lowest price/rent ratios in the Nation, with the average home price being $107k and the average rent being $1,416/Mo.

Increase income, decrease DTI, and buy a home (i.e., get a higher paying job, work two jobs, go to trade school, get a higher paying degree, live in affordable area, etc...these are things that most of us did).

I have property managers for the Indiana homes.