Soon, there will be a ton of posts below from agents in Columbus and Cleveland to "help" you, but you already know where you want to be.I wouldn't be thinking STR for Ohio unless you are doing woodsy, which can work, but the table stakes are high on those (swimming holes, saunas, game rooms, hot tubs).

If they hit their numbers they would be leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table by financing with equity instead of debt.

Looking forward to hearing more about what you can bring to the table and sharing insights as we navigate these tricky market conditions!

This leaves a lot of money on the table and causes great frustration for landlords.

Each area has a table owners can use to calculate the deductions for utilities they do NOT want to include (or can't - like MFR with only one water meter).

You got a lot of great advice, but you came here and didn't set the table.

You could find a lender that can go up to 80% LTV, thus even if there is this amount of closing costs, you still are ending up not bringing any money to the table, and essentially financing the fees. 

I feel like I need to have something to bring to table to also help mentor.

Chicago is off the table.

However, with the market booming and prices high, I felt it was too risky to put all my chips on the table for a single property.