However, a deal pipeline could dry up from time to time and you can't build a thriving real estate business if you have only one lead source.

However, Columbus, Ohio, is indeed a thriving real estate market with numerous investment opportunities, and it's a great place to consider for your real estate ventures. 

Unfortunately, the area in which I inherited my properties was once thriving, but after the Mill shut down and a "developer" robbed the area blind, things went to hell in a handbasket and it became a Section-8 welfare warzone. 3.

I really appreciate all the advice and can see why this community thrives.

The market area is somewhat thriving but there has been a few houses not selling.

To your point, the assets within the community are truly what make it thrive.

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I would classify the general area as B to B+ but there is a thriving rental market with all the college kids and grad students from UAB.

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I am in St Augustine where we have a thriving tourism market.Good luck!