The good news is that real estate offers countless opportunities, even in higher-cost areas, to build wealth and achieve your goals.

The good news is you don't need a specialty loan for a house hack, just a traditional primary home loan.

For what it is worth, as a side note, Youngstown is well known for being one of the most violent cities in the country up until recently, and it was historically mob run, i'm not up on the latest organized crime news and such, but again other than the shut down Chevy Cruise plant IDK what they got up there for jobs...In general when you are dealing with properties in ohio, under 100K you are going to have heavy capex, and generally will be in areas that are challenged and then management will be the make or break factor on the properties.  

There was a news reporter at the sale and they interviewed the high bidder, who admitted that they had not seen the property, but were certain that they would be building their family home there. 

Quote from @Mary Chries: That is a great news.

We generally advise our clients to go ahead and pay the recapture rates if death is the alternative.The good news about recapture - the deductions are a deferred tax liability to you, and an interest free loan from the government.

All good news for Detroit!

Let’s talk about it, because if you’re like me, you want to know what’s really happening in real estate and what it all means for the future.Here’s the good news.

Just google the following: - special assessment - zombie condos - Florida condos (look for recent news)Since you are not living near the properties anyways, why not look in a landlord friendly state where the purchase prices are lower?

Okay that seems like good news for making a BRRRR work in my market since I was looking to spend something like 45-75 on rehabs for these smaller sized homes.