Job Opportunities: The state's robust economy and business-friendly environment attract investors, but are other states catching up?

Anything smaller may not attract larger investors or offer the economies of scale needed for profitability.Design Style: BTR developments often consist of attached townhomes, usually with features like garages and a more upscale design to appeal to renters looking for something between an apartment and a single-family home.Location Factors: The success of your development depends heavily on location.

Real Estate plus the business would be a stronger package, sold as a business vs. just the real estate.

The long hold cash flow coupling with appreciation is much stronger correlation than there is between initial cash flow and the cash flow over a hold.  

Look at median household incomes, look at market economy base and diversification, look at what's being done to protect and grow economic performance, just run the #'s and the message should be crystal clear. 

Unprecedented levels of investment in private and public projects have made Kansas City a major entertainment and employment hub.The Kansas City economy is diverse with numerous employment opportunities and a growing population.

Now, I am also realizing the power of leveraging equity from other assets—like my house hack—and even explored partnerships to spread risk and build a stronger position.

If cybercrime industry was a country in 2021, it would have been the world's third-largest economy after the U.S and China, totaling a 6 trillion USD in inflicted damages.

There are a lot of variables to consider so it's impossible to say if investing in one of those other markets would have been "better".However, I think you could make a stronger case that you have been (or would be) more successful with your real estate investing in Chicago compared to other markets.

Syndication investing is awesome, it has given me sp500 beating returns for 30 years, fantastic tax benefits, great geographical diversification, a wealth of knowledge about this country and the economy in ways that a nerdy science type guy like me would never have known about.