Outside of West Oakland, what areas would you say are likely to go up in value over time - what pockets/neighborhoods are you looking at?

If you aren't going to put in the effort, then it's not worth joining.

It's a burn hazard to someone trying to walk around it, they're going to be constantly brushing by hot metal. 

@Jared Goldwasseri would strongly recommend you go to Cincinnati in person. 

The most successful people that I have heard on podcasts and met in real estate know that it is all about getting a single here and there and then going to get a homerun while doing those singles.

Also how to make the payments go down when we are ready to rent it out in the future (3-5years).It is just me and my fiancé as of now.

I am not going to list the good, bad and ugly for each but mention just a few things that stand out.  

Purchase price: $88,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Sale price: $179,900 I got this deal from an agent who was initially going to list it publicly but thought of me first.

(Although it could be you picked a bad market or a bad property class and that’s the kind of tenant you’re going to get.

There is only a small fraction of transactions in the US go sub 2 Just like those that teach wholesaling there is only so much beat up houses to go around..