I know the area like the back of my hand and believe Indiana has tons of upside to invest in.I came from a low-middle-class family of teachers.

We purchased our laundromat in a safe, middle class neighborhood.

However, one idea to consider is some "middle ground" for your investing...

And of course collusion to keep bidding amounts down was alive and well. its illegal as hell but done all the time.. there was a group in NC that got tagged by the FBI back in the middle 2000s and it cost them 800k fine dont think they went to jail though..

We aim to bring buildings and properties back to their heyday, at the same time providing affordable and middle income rental housing.

I just met with a program coordinator this morning and asked the same question.

I'm giving my mortgage lender the money early, so I'm skipping the corresponding interest payments ($917.94 + $916.25 + $914.56, etc. in that middle column there), which saves me tens of thousands of dollars.

It's also easier to neg direct with a seller without brokers in the middle imo. 

I tried using the biggerpockets rental calculator this morning and the cashflow was negative, but I may have been too conservative with the numbers.

I'm in the middle of a BRRRR too and I chose to have Sherwin Williams color match "inchyra blue" for walls I usually just go with Behr but with cabinets, will be so much easier if you have high quality paint!