Can't speak for Zanesville exactly, but I invest in Circleville & Chillicothe, and Chillicothe is *about* the same distance from downtown Columbus.Personally, I wouldn't trade investing in this kind of area for anything.

I've signed up for Bigger Pockets in hopes to network with flippers and wholesalers in the Southbay Los Angeles area so i can learn the trade and also help out were i can. 

Fifteen+ years down the line, if the Appreciation Gods have smiled upon him, a 1031 could even allow him to trade one appreciated property for 2-3 new cash flow properties with no tax bill for all those capital gains! 

The trouble is, you're trading your $100,000 in extra retirement money to do it, so you have to do something.

I owned a restaurant at one point, and traded it for a single family home that i flipped. 

There are “fire chasers” in the construction trade, people who offer you a value for your house - for example, while your house is up in flames, they are real estate investors or wholesalers in a sense. if someone is making money out of it, pretty sure anyone can.

Keep in mind if one entity owns more than 10% of units the condo is no longer Fannie approved and buyers and sellers will have a more difficult time trading there which could hurt sales prices somewhat.

I help out clients part time (usually investors become I enjoy investing so much), but 3-6 single family homes per trade for rentals and get to look at homes on the market at will.

bitcoin.

I plan to house-hack my way through my first four residential multi-family properties, then trade up to a commercial apartment.