The cheaper price point often comes with older housing stock that needs more work.Not saying Cleveland/Akron are bad markets - plenty of investors do well there!

Based on your age & needs, you could consider a variable annuity (stock market) vs a fixed or deferred annuity (more like a long term CD). 

Think Indianapolis is a great market for investing - we just released a list of our top 5 markets for BRRRR Investing for 2025 (just an analysis and prediction) and we put Indy at the Number 1 spot

So now instead of feeding the hungry stock market you can feed the hungry rental.I have watched people keep big debt on their home and then have the stock market crash.

I'd use some stock photos till you can replace them.

The longer the maturity rate of the bond, the higher the yield is to compensate an investor for the additional risk they are taking on with a longer dated bond.Stocks that pay divideneds....insurance companies have a lower yield than telecom stocks as a reflection that telecoms are higher risk than insurance companies.In the efficient market hypothesis, if markets are efficient then the yields should be reflective of the risk.

One thing we, as humans, are consistently bad at is predicting the future - especially when it comes to political and economic shifts. 

My prediction that these "bans" and regulations are all going to pretty much converge into reasonable middle ground regulations (mostly including taxes fees) is still looking very good. 

This is the easiest to predict. 

Firstly my objectives•To provide uncorrelated predictable income streams while allowing for the opportunity of capital appreciation•To provide high % yields.