It's not a bad strategy, especially if you live in a lower-priced area with a good rent-to-purchase price ratio.

Is that so bad?

It's pretty easy to get suckered into a bad out of state deal because others want to make a quick buck, and you'll be left holding the bag. 

By reviewing sponsor after sponsor, and deal after deal to uncover what sets apart the good from the bad. 

Not bad.

As per chatGPT, closing costs in Ohio are usually 2% - 5% of the price, so maximum: $6950.I'm open to working with lenders of any kind to make this happen.Hate to be the bearer of bad news but no lender will touch this as an investment. you will need to come up with 25% down plus closing costs. 

Property management companies and contractors are the people in your business who make or break you.I will send you a private message to refer you to a property management company that is doing good for me.Don't let the bad experience sway you away from real estate.

If you are not from this area, you should know it is even harder to rent a place when it is the holidays and it is cold and snowy outside, and the bad weather we had the first week of January hasn't helped you.I'd have a discussion about what it would take to rent your place.  

Two things are certain, 1) taxes are lower today than they've ever been in the past 80 years. 2) they are certain to be higher in the future.We should all be focused on paying the lowest “lifetime tax bill” not the “lowest tax bill this year”.By paying 20% and settling up my long-term capital gains is not a bad deal.

The higher credit, higher income, gainfully employed S8 tenants are choosy about where they live and do not want to live in a bad, high crime area.By buying in an area that appeals to high quality S8 tenants, the arbitrage that you might see between S8 being higher than market might disappear.So that being said, it’s more important to lead by location than strategy.Happy to talk further if you like.