One strategy that has worked well here on the coast is mixed usage plexes or combo of LTR, MTR, STR. 

At least on the west coast.

Where I lived in Western Ohio the housing market has been in Recession or Recovery for 30 years with no end in sight.

Does anyone have an STR on the Gulf coast that's on the market, turn-key with a solid track record?

You could take that same $70K plus what you planned for that $680K down payment and buy 3 investment rentals in states like FL, TN, IN, OH, GA, LA, even up on the Oregon Coast just above you in CA.Most of my customers live in CA and none of them invest in Cali instead they buy in the states I listed above.

The influx of remote workers from both coasts to the Midwest for the lower cost of living, friendly people etc makes me think that Midwest prices will at least equalize with the US average over the next decade or so.I also agree with the challenges.

Out here on the west coast the few wholesalers are tying in with real estate companies or licensed like the new western model..

Smaller multi-family is significantly more common in the Northeast, Midwest, and Western cities who had their economic boom in the roaring 1920s-60s and thus, tons of high density zoning was developed across the country (but not the South).

There is also the bourbon trail in western ky.

Hello family,What zipcodes in East coast are best for multifamily in this current climate...in terms of occupancy rates, cash flow, appreciation?