I'm looking into purchasing a rental property in the Belmont area of Dayton, OH and wanted to get any insight for this market as it seems concerning that the average rent is higher compared to the actual costs of houses in the area.

I decided to leave it alonenow this girlfriend of his has begun bringing men over when my tenant is at work or away?  

All of us have stable jobs and no other outstanding concerns.

the market is unforgiving right now, and if you buy a random property by looking on Zillow and turn it over to people you don't know to manage, you'll lose money.with respect to your specific question, if the property is safe, clean, and priced correctly, it will rent. but that doesn't mean you'll make money on it. 

The rental vacancy rate in Decatur is barely over 4%...not a bad number. 

Given this is one of the rougher neighborhoods, I'm a bit concerned that the next set of renters might not be as good as this set of renters.

Stocks you have no control at all over your own asset.

Once we sell our family home, my half of the proceeds should be about $300k. I have the chance to do this right with an investment mindset. Do I househack, BRRRR, Short term rental? I need a primary home for me and my...

That is a concern I share, giving up the low interest rate and some cash flow on the LTR’s.

My 2 STR units in pt loma had over 50% vacancy.