It's a Railway stop for all the fruit farms.

These projects are definitely more challenging but could be fruitful if you purchased at a discount. 

I would never put all my eggs in one basket, so I would never depend on Real Estate as the sole investment vehicle for my money/retirement.

Easier fruit to pick than this one. 

I'm a full time special education teacher, so having the capital for the first deal was made possible through the fruits of my own labor fixing up my personal property.

Fruit for thought. 

He still left behind a significant fruit fly and roach infestation that took me a month to eradicate! 

My husband and I currently own a commercial cleaning company that has been successful enough to allow us to leave our day jobs but I don't want all our eggs in one basket.

If you search Toledo you will find many posts about the zip codes that will meet different goals...personally I keep half my investments in 43608 (with a rant posted about how dangerous the zip code is to those who go shopping without knowing what they are buying)...43608 is the zero-appreciation investment from my stand point because $20k gets me $700 in rent for a 3/1 so I don't really care if I sell the house for $20k in 20 yrs or $5k, I moved $168,000 in gross rent. 43612 and 43613 are the out-of-towner's meat and potatoes currently, pretty hot area and a lot of competition on the discounted properties that hit the market...assume you are putting $35k to get $750-$800/mo for a 3 bedroom house.Those are just my stomping grounds, I support my entire family on those areas (like Buffet, I have my eggs in one basket and I watch that basket). 

The 2% Rule is very doable here, and 1% Rule is settling for low-hanging fruit.