It's a bet on the future appreciation, maybe generates enough income in the meantime to pay taxes and insurance, chances are no cash flow. 

I would appreciate insights from experienced investors on potential exit plans or strategies you'd leverage if you found yourself in that situation.house hack with lowest down payment that makes sense.. refi and then go buy another house hack in two years do that 5 times over ten years and now you have 10 to 20 doors.. choose locations you would live in thereby mitigating risks of buying poor areas that are tough to manage 

So run your numbers and if your deals are upside down… or cash flowing poorly (say under $150-200/month) they aren’t great deals and you should think about what that is telling you. 

Two lessons I have learned: 1) CashFlow is critical and 2) Sometimes it’s good to sell when things are going well- I bet you weren’t considering selling when it was worth $2.7M.  

I bet you are more like 3-4%. 3) Would you take a significant capital gain hit if you sold? 

Susan I did NOT make a killing on my Madison county properties or my Rankin.. those were all new builds that I bought for gozon tax bene's without the go zone tax bene's they would have been very poor investments..  

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

I'll bet the whole town is breathing the stuff.

Toledo is notorious for bad operators and poor quality of workmanship in many industries.Wishing you much success 🙏🏻 

They complain of feeling like a number, lack of transparency, poor quality control, and more.Find a mid sized local company.