I have been working in all of the Cleveland markets, even EAST Cleveland and have seen pricing going up everywhere double triple or more,  Heck MF are selling for 40k per unit in east Cleveland , 5 6 years ago they were 10- 15k, 

I checked and sure enough their prices on nails, H2.5s, H clips, etc were double or triple what I paid at the lumber yard.

Commercial investment with a triple net lease is passive, above median single family homes are close to passive - the lower you go in rent, the cheaper (and dilapidated) the building the more work generally. 

You hit a couple home runs, a triple, some doubles, singles, and maybe took 1-2 losses. 

Most of the condos have tripled now.

Triple Net Leases have caught my eye as a good possible investment.

If you're really interested in passive investing, and you want to own real estate directly, the closest one can get is triple net, single tenant properties.

Many states have triple damages for  misuse of security deposits. 

But let me tell you @ 27, I had my doubts and I was talking to a manager/mentor who was 41 and he said well you are young and your income has the potential to double, triple, quadruple.

and about 600k, 650k  to build resell at 1.4 to 1.5  we will have the least expensive new build in the city.. the rest are a tad bigger 3.200 to 5k sq ft. and start about 2.2 and go to 4.2  .. then you take SF bay area and you triple it .. in cost to buy land build house and sell price.