@Christopher Slowey it really is fascinating how many out of state and country owners there seem to be in Cleveland.

Investing is both art and science. 

Hey Andrew, what makes DSCR loan fascinating is that it does not verify personal income.

Congrats on the purchase.i'm glad it had a great influence on you to get another.What is fascinating, is that most rich people(if you include legal persons) have and use real estate in building their wealth

There may be an opportunity to renegotiate once under contract.Negotiating off of an inspection is not rocket science and I feel like most closing cost credits are standard negotiation items (I mean our markets standard purchase agreement has a box for it and everyone expects to see 3% on initial offer). 

Real estate is a VERY imperfect science. 

As much as I love EMS, it doesn't pay the bills (at least not here), and I have always been fascinated by homes, flipping, selling, designing, etc. 

@Francesca McKinnonIt's fascinating to hear more about your goals and real estate journey.

However, I do not have materials science background, so I cannot speak to anything but aesthetics.  

@John Morgan So it’s interesting between the three of us, predictions ranging from negative price growth to moderate price growth to market reheating, I think some of that may have no to do with our local markets, which is why I find this so fascinating, I even think the example of a young family struggling to get buy vs a family desperate to buy really points the bifurcated economy right now, will be really interesting to see play out, I think the two metrics I’ll be following is active inventory county, and I haven’t quite worked this out yet but there’s probably some equilibrium of rate drop to unemployment rate that should tell us if affordability improving or job loss matters more going foward.