Low barrier of entry, landlord friendly and you can find deals that cashflowI agree with @Patrick Drury about Columbus.

It’s also important to distinguish between those who are genuinely advising you and those who are selling you a service or product disguised as advice.I went to my first real estate conference in Atlanta in 2005.

We invest in Greene County, Ohio and currently have 24 low income units. 

I'm a 20x AirBnb superhost who realized I have more productive uses of my time than hosting directly.

I see too many investors now, put a significant amount of money in rehab costs and over leverage themselves on hard money loans with low down payments, their properties are not selling and they are lucky to just payoff their current hard money loan via a DSCR refinance. 

Don’t forget practical items like toiletries, a cozy blanket, and a handwritten welcome note.To balance cost and quality, consider buying in bulk or looking for local products that offer great value.

It is just a farmer's market for real estate products. 

@Moshe H.No, not all the time, but the low contributors do not wish to lose it. 

Typically this means they will take longer to close, may not have all the information for the companies they work with, and most hard money brokers get their money by taking an existing product and adding extra points to pay their fee.What is your investor success rate?

You could give them a thousand bad reviews, if they are the only person in town offering a specific type of product, people will still do business with them.