I ultimately settled on Columbus as my target market and haven't had any regrets as the years have progressed.

It ultimately comes down to your budget and desired level of privacy in your living situation.

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I think ultimately it comes down to the intent.

Buy something that the numbers will work as a rental and increase after some initial rehab during the first 1-2 years of having it as a primary, build additional savings and equity over time, and ultimately rinse and repeat/build a portfolio! 

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Patrick Patel, this strategy is so unethical and it wouldn't surprise me if it were ultimately found to be illegal in some way.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.My advice within reason is to separate out the primary from the investment property, ultimately any property you buy probably isn’t purely the absolute best property property you can buy from an investment standpoint but that’s ok, I’d figure out what budget you are comfortable with, figure out place you can be happy for at least 5 years and at the end hope it cash flows, I’m not saying buy some property that’s an absolutely terrible investment but there’s more to life than a few hundred in cash flow in 5 years lol.