Areas with good rental demand or up-and-coming properties could give you more predictable returns.Do you already have a type of property in mind—like single-family homes, or are you considering duplexes, condos, or other types of flips?

It's very difficult to find off-market deals with predictable upside opportunity.  

Anytime there are hurricanes predicted to hit a state in the area you are closing or fires, all lenders will pause funding/closing.

Income is difficult to predict not knowing the market.

Without predictability on insurability and risk of the primary collateral being destroyed (which at this point theoretically could happen anywhere) as it’s January, and would you believe in 2023 that 71K thousand square miles of northern Canada burned 5% of the entire Canadian forest with billions in damages? 

Columbus - less monthly cash flow - higher predicted long term appreciationDayton - More monthly cash flow - standard expected appreciation

Market Appreciation is the least predictable, but historically, where you will make the most money.We still use the BRRRR strategy in Jacksonville, FL.

STRs can bring great returns but are higher risk and more hands-on, like small-cap stocks, while long-term rentals are stable and predictable, like large-cap investments.

Lending and insurance are based on predictability and without question the frequency and size of losses will continue to eclipse prior records.

When you move out you begin to experience POSITIVE CASH FLOW in which your tenants help you buy the property.....where eventually you own it out right, and now it becomes like a pension..........Predictable and Sustainable income for life.