In today's world, with the tools we now have, I tell the investors that I work with to invest in the best market and best deal you can.

I wouldn't touch Franklinton with a 10' pole on the existing inventory side. gravity 2 is being auctioned and sold by the developer the area didn't support office developer lost millions:https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/12/19/gravity...linden I agree on if you can get a good deal. super fast appreciation. small homes, close to downtown, you can look at year over year and it's going up fast but also fast to change. any urban adjacent neighborhood is going to be good. 

You also have to be super detail-oriented, focused on continuous improvement regarding the property and guest experience, very in-touch with what it's like to be a guest at the property (and a cleaner of it as well), and focused on technological tools and opportunities. 

I also did notice the REI had some newer builds in Ward, AR but those seemed be sold quickly.

I have bought and sold over 1,000 properties, a few have had pools. 

Be sure to utilize tools of the trade for the best information.

If I had known the numbers they quoted me were total garbage, I could have sold my houses much earlier and saved about $80K in losses.

Non conventional just means the loan will not be sold to Fannie/Freddie so they do not have to follow those rules.

We sold that company 2 years ago. 

My husband was able to consolidate and re-finance the debt after we executed the deal but this was only possible because we bought a VERY modest property of 70k as a learning tool to really see what buying a home in CR would be like.