Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise!

I look forward to engaging with you all, sharing insights, and hopefully contributing to discussions as I progress on my journey. 

Good luck, you are a busy man with school, family and baseball.Likely your best bet is house hacking (if your partner and child are willing to share housing). 

One of the biggest challenges of investing in Rustbelt cities is knowing where to invest and properly understanding the cooresponding pros & cons.Here's copy & paste advice we share to help to address this challenge:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

When I tried to contact the repair company to get more details, they informed me that they could not share any information.When I asked the seller further questions to clarify the discrepancy and requested more information, he became upset and stated that he would not provide anything beyond the one-line receipt, which only lists the cost of the repair without any additional details.

Ultimately, shared laundry works just fine in our multi's - sometimes you just have no choice.2.

Thanks for sharing your insights!

The insights shared by the Realtors, @Zeke Liston, @Jimmy Lieu, @Nathan Gesner, @Samuel Diouf, @Sam McCormack, @Min Zhang provide a solid foundation for anyone starting out in this industry.From a property management perspective, it's great to see you're considering the long-term rental strategy.

Best of luck and thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your insights!