Growing from *here* to ten or twenty houses is not clear.

Erie has been decimated by bad trade deals and a dwindling middle class for the last twenty years .

If that guadroplex only has a twenty eight dollar positive cash flow that is not a good deal for you.  

If such payments are made within the thirty-day period, forfeiture of the interest of the vendee shall not be enforced.Effective Date: 11-25-1969 .5313.06 Notice of forfeiture.Following expiration of the period of time provided in section 5313.05 of the Revised Code, forfeiture of the interest of a vendee in default under a land installment contract shall be initiated by the vendor or by his successor in interest, by serving or causing to be served on the vendee or his successor in interest, if known to the vendor or his successor in interest, a written notice which:5313.07 Proceeding for foreclosure and judicial sale.If the vendee of a land installment contract has paid in accordance with the terms of the contract for a period of five years or more from the date of the first payment or has paid toward the purchase price a total sum equal to or in excess of twenty per cent thereof, the vendor may recover possession of his property only by use of a proceeding for foreclosure and judicial sale of the foreclosed property as provided in section 2323.07 of the Revised Code.

@Matt 'Roar' Gardner thanks for the refence.   

Twenty-four hours is presumed to be a reasonable notice in the absence of evidence to the contrary.(9) Promptly commence an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code, after complying with division (C) of section 5321.17 of the Revised Code, to remove a tenant from particular residential premises, if the tenant fails to vacate the premises within three days after the giving of the notice required by that division and if the landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant's household, or any person on the premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code, whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in that division.

The deed of trust must be described in the deed of trust only to identify it sufficiently so that the deed secures that note.The deed of trust can state;This deed of trust is made of even date with that certain promissory note in the original principal amount of twenty five thousand dollars bearing interest at ten percent per annum with all amounts of principal and accrued interest together with any other amounts set therein as may accrue, shall become fully due and payable on the first day of March, 2015.

You can buy and sell property for twenty years or more in an IRA without paying either capital gains or income tax, provided that the investments are not debt-financed.

However all the properties that I am interested in seem to run in the high twenty's to low thirty's.

Twenty-four hours is presumed to be a reasonable notice in the absence of evidence to the contrary."