This has been my first year having a rental and I have been managing it from another state since I moved back to Oregon, which has been difficult and a bit more costly since I am not local.

Testimonials are a huge red flag to me as they are difficult to verify and could be paid actors etc.

I know its difficult to stay fully anonymous but thats not my goal - Simply staying off of Google search results would be enough for me.Now trying to strategize how to purchase future homes in Ohio and Kentucky and stay off of Google.Heard there are a couple popular options:Option # 1.

Lots of people on BP talk about the area but unless you live here it can be difficult to evaluate the markets. 

She has been difficult from the beginning.

STRENGTHS-  strong affordable housing market-  cool city with a great feel-  nicely mixed neighborhoods with properties in need of repair next to nice homes-  large university, robust medical community-  decent rents overall, currently trading at 8-10% cap rates-  Micron promises growthWEAKNESSES-  Micron hype is making people spend way too much on properties-  pesky code compliance inspections here too-  student housing area is incredibly compact and difficult to get in to-  difficult to predict if a property will benefit from renovation or not-  contractors are overwhelmed, difficult to get estimatesSummary: Syracuse is experiencing a lot of change right now, in a good way.

The longer the balloon the better if you think there's any chance it will be difficult to attain bank financing or if the terms of the seller's loan are good. 

Coos Bay in particular was primarily a timber town and has had some difficult economic periods since it's hey day, but the downtown has grown up, there's yoga, a farmer's market and even a new Starbucks (which by the way you buy the brand new building they lease from!)

Prior to 2022, it was difficult to find an operator who didn't make a lot of money on their real estate syndications. 

@Noah Bacon Contractors in my area are difficult.