The cost of living is extremely low compared to other cities and you can still many many positive cash flowing and 1% deals here.

This is due to the extremely weather conditions across the US.

$650k won't go very far for a multifamily.Most multis in MoCo are in Takoma Park which has extremely restrictive rent control.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

Extremely sorry to hear about your saga.

And I'd definitely would choose whole house, I had nothing but bad experiences with room renting...This is extremely helpful.

That being said, they are extremely costly and expensive and generally do not make sense for smaller transactions. 

Extremely user friendly and have had multiple tenants compliment the ease of the software. 

I listen to several real estate POD casts and i'v never heard of anyone talk about this topic which it seems (at least to me) to be an extremely important topic.business

That said, while I think a great mentor is extremely valuable, Michael, we have hundreds to thousands of members on the site who came here because the quality of education that they got from a crappy mentor or guru wasn't worth a pack of gum.BiggerPockets isn't the answer for everyone.