Option 3:  Private money loanI know how popular private money is on this site and it sounds excellent. 

Indy is still going with decent returns, and you can get returns in Atlanta and Dallas and maybe occasionally in Charlotte, but those three cities hit their heydays in ~2011-2012 so now you'd be paying astronomically higher prices than you would have when they were the popular markets (and probably why you've heard them mentioned so much).

They are also growing in popularity with other investors in OKC, but are not super well-known yet so you get in on the ground floor of their business.

-Neighborhoods that are walkable/bikable or have great public transport (big ask for Cleveland) are very popular.

I am in California and I am looking to buy rentals in other states, in the most popular rental locales that are mentioned here on BP.

Hello real estate professionals, do you guys have a rule of thumb for closing costs? I was thinking 5% of sale price, please advise otherwise. Thank you

Against popular believe you wont have to fight them, if they are objectivley off.

Louis in a very popular area.

FL in general gets hard because of high property taxes and insurance, and then in the more popular cities like Tampa, general price hikes. 

Are you getting 1 year leases there from casino workers or other industry?