While you don’t like them, they are market price.Even at the depths of the recent real estate downturn, apartments never dropped in value.

Once you can get past the noise in your head and are no longer distracted by every new shiny investing widget, you'll be able to focus on the in depth details of investing that will allow a person with limited funds to take action.For instance if flips are what you want to do, that's great.

@Paul Timmins thanks for the advice, I believe the book I started reading was the beginners guide, after 5 chapters I realized how much more there is aside of just flipping houses so now I'm just going more in depth into all of it to weigh everything out.

They do underwrite a HELOC similar to as if you were buying a house but not as in depth.

Happy to chat more in-depth on these markets if you shoot me a DM!

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.

Yes, as long as you show positive net income after all deductions and depreciation.If you're asking about qualifying for the RE Pro status - quite possibly, but this requires a more in-depth discussion.If you're asking about flipping - then it can be lucrative as a short-term cash generator, if you need cash and want to have a job.

But my impression like Tony's is that the true breadth and depth of the OP Zone legislation isn't all ironed out yet.In any event though - No it is not normal for you to be able to 1031 into a real estate fund @Brian M. 

You don't have an in-depth understanding of the best neighborhoods—or the worst.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.