It was a lot of effort on my part for a small win, and I'm glad I did it. 

I thank you all for your time and effort. 

And it required a lot of time and effort on my part whereas the syndication stuff is purely passive.But there's no way anybody can tell me that sfh rentals - if they are bought right at 70% ltv or better - are not going to return way more than anything else on the planet when you factor in how little money you actually have to put into them to begin with and then you let appreciation and principal paydown and rental profits pile up. 

We do our best to track actual traffic from differenet websites and there's really a Big 5:ZillowTruliaHotpadsApartmentsZumperCraigslist does its best to avoid working with syndications and was surpassed by Zillow years ago - so, no longer worth the effort of manually adding.Facebook Marketplace doesn't like property managers and will ban you if you post too many properties.

I make an effort to ALWAYS increase my rents, even if its $25-50 so they're in the rhythm of getting increases every year.

Building wealth takes time, money, and effort.

It is possible to achieve better returns, but this property has already produced outstanding return and requires little effort for this return.Good luck

Akron does have a lot of potential with its affordable housing, growing job market, and revitalization efforts and could be a good fit for your goals.

It took awhile to catch on, and it was the likes of airbnb and VRBO that took this concept to a new level with global exposure. 

Meanwhile tons of concessions being handed out for smaller units to help lease up efforts.