So in your experience, it sounds like you’ve had more success investing in a more expensive market and building equity as opposed to cheaper, lower quality properties in places like the Midwest?

It seems like you would want your property be close to amenities since it seems like you would trade the comfort of having your own space to being in a better area for a cheaper price but I could be wrong.

All that extracted cash isn't a taxable gain.

A lot of title companies don't work with individual notaries because it's easier and cheaper to cattle call thousands of us, which make us compete against each other.

Can you buy a cheaper property and set aside $20k for upgrades and to force equity?

A read some articles that some rents may still be taxable which is fine.

If you are looking strictly for cash flow, you can usually find these in *cheaper* markets or "C class" markets.If you are at all interested in investing out-of-state, I do not do this myself, but if you look into "investwithace" on Instagram, he has a lot of content talking about how to do so. 

I’ve read an article from fortune.com stating that renting is now cheaper than owning in Americas 50 largest metro areas.

It tells you how much interest you must include in your taxable income.

Do you know any other mailing services that is cheaper?