Very good article here that talks about the strengths/weakness of both.

For starters, make sure you are working with a TK provider that is not just going to tell you all the pros of the marketplace and their company but also all the risks associated with the marketplace and all their weak points.

But I would trust the agents / brokers on here who work in this area every day and can attest to the market's strengths and weaknesses and the fact there's a lot of agents on here working in Ohio, to me, attests to it's strength as a strong investment area.

Selectively quoting to try to convince the audience of something is deceptive and shows the weakness of your argument.Just because you have been unable to achieve outstanding returns from RE does not imply that it is impossible or that others cannot.  

Every contractor's strengths and weaknesses are different, and they also charge differently.

The argument behind this is very weak.

And then what about the roof, isn't that your biggest weakness then and how to you strengthen that up?

Buying wholesale properties is not for the faint or weak of heart. 

Its definitely priced higher, but I tend to weed out weak applicants.

Consult your tax advisor.You realize all I literally had to do was Google "irs airbnb active", scroll down and find their position in a Memorandum.Strong language makes weak arguments but you missed that lesson.