Here are a few things that I like about the neighborhoods in Indy compared to other states: high rent-to-home-value ratio, consistent and gradual city development, relatively low property tax and insurance cost, affordable renovation service cost.

I recommend familiarizing yourself with your local landlord and tenant laws, while also developing your own "screening criteria."

Should I play harder and get into land development?  

Columbus also has great macroeconomics - lots of job growth, population growth, and major employers developing here.

If the developer can do better than 35%, then the deal becomes even more profitable for them.

I am now looking to get into new construction development in the PG, Montgomery, and Rockville county areas of Maryland.

use STR reports it's more representative of major hotel markets and hotel inventory. find hte right brand. we just did a 150 page report on one development site.

It's worth taking the time to understand what you're doing so you can develop your own conviction and confidence.

For example, here in Columbus Ohio, you have amazing macros (population growth, job growth, and companies moving and developing here like Intel headquarters, Amazon, FB, Google, Nationwide, and recently Anduril AND you can still find positive cash flow and the 1% rule here PLUS there's AMAZING appreciation potential.2.

I am not the most technical person but in this day and age, not being technical is even more reason to welcome opportunities to use platforms that help develop that skill.