It amazes me how some do reject any and every piece of guidance they receive like people have a reason to lie.

Check out Zillow hottest housing market of 2024: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/zillow-ranking-hottest-real…Cleveland is a great market to focus on for cash flow.

Properties are pieces of markets. 

Reaching out to multiple brokers in the area and building relationships with them will probably be the most important piece.

A piece of advise if he lays hands on you or your son immediately go to court and see if it qualifies for a peace order or similar. 

Hi @Joy McQueary - you can find a breakdown of rental rate increases by state online, and here's where to find a list of the hottest multi-family markets.

Let me know if you'd like an intro.On the investment property piece, watch out for the investment property tax rates in SC if youre not already aware of them. 

Pay the money for a piece of paper or go let my guy take on the project?

Often times when a builder/buyer moves too fast, or is too busy and overlooks a key piece of due diligence, the unethical ones will try the "scorched earth" method and blame everyone but themselves, even when they know it was their own mistake, and they'll see if they can scare you, the seller, the title company et al into paying damages/fixing their problem. 

Long story short, he ended up buying a worthless piece of land.