They boast 20-30% cap rates....

The house is a great size in a great location close to major highway, near an elementary school and shopping districts but still boasts the peace and quiet of the suburbs.

In my opinion Chicago is good place to invest, however it isn't particularly landlord friendly, although the city does boast a great number of well built brick multi family building.

There is also Ford city and an area near the casino (Glengarry to Marion to Elliott St) that isn't too great.

We have learned to make any contracts for roofing repairs more detailed than just tear-off & replace.We inspected a potential duplex that boasted of a new roof only to discover that the absentee landlord had obviously contracted a bargain priced 'fly by night' roof repair.

I don't see any good reason why the rest of the nation should be stuck subsidizing their crappy property policy that artificially inflated prices and made the whole thing into a casino in years past.

I soon found that I was contacting Hard Money lenders to do deals in Puerto Rico and she was sending me proposals for 40 and 70 million dollar resort casino projects.

But I often read of people boasting about "getting something for nothing" and it always rubs me wrong. 

Northeast Ohio boasts a regional economy of $170 billionThe region is undergoing nearly $11 billion in major capital investmentCleveland has the fastest growing healthcare economy in the U.S.The region employs more than 120,000 healthcare professionals, including 35,000 at the Cleveland Clinic and 14,000 at University HospitalsHome to 27 area colleges and universitiesRegional Banking Hub: home to one of 12 Federal Reserve BanksHome to four professional sports teamsHome of the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame with 7+ million visitors annually

Especially shifting our largest employers from the casinos and hospitals to Tech companies.