You'll find fix n flips will have increased margins in the Cincinnati area.

My motivation is to increase my financial literacy and diversify into real estate.I have rented all my life and seek to become a homeowner/ investor to help my family and make their lives easier.

But, insurance costs are likely to rise, making getting mortgages for most people even harder to get.What is likely to happen is more creative financing going forward, private lending to increase and smaller houses being built in the future. 

I still think it is a good area to invest in despite the increases in cost.  

Additionally, what do you look for in a property to increase the value i.e. what are typical items to target?

However, because I believe it hurt bookings, I only charge the guests $230 and increased the daily rate to make up the difference, which has worked great. 

The more impactful thing is the rapidly increasing amount of competition in the form of # of Airbnbs in existence.

I was told by Wagner that the builder is trying to refinance the construction loan as the cost of construction has increased. 

The goal here would be to increase rental income.

Part of that is adding additional cost for increase in building products.