When having a phone in your home was a status symbol to display.It might have held an old fashioned Al Capone Blower Phone, or a more stylistic handset phone.I'm guessing from the level of fancy trim, this place is well built.Maybe one of the people in this video had this house built for his family with 6 bedrooms.

Ratiu is a senior economist for Realtor.com, which, along with the Wall Street Journal, recently named Toledo as the No. 25 emerging market in the United States, one of four in Ohio to crack the top 25 along with Springfield (No. 3), Akron (No. 12), and Columbus (No. 17).The rankings aimed to get beyond simple supply and demand, which accounted for just 33 percent of the methodology, to gain a broader perspective with quality-of-life factors like wages, unemployment, small business activity, and amenities to gauge the impact on the sensibilities of home buyers.Where the data turns especially interesting for those who remember the Rust Belt era is in cross-market demand.

The returns on both of those are usually superior to what you can find that is readily available on the open market in B class areas but, so is the risk.Generally speaking when we get someone that wants to take on a large renovation project or wants to add a high risk property to their portfolio we advise them to get one lower risk property under their belt first. 

I will focus more on those areas and finding sourcing.George Blower and James Wise thanks for the warm welcomes, unfortunately my @mentions aren't working.Joel Haas I'll let you know how it works out for me.

Cold belt, mid-belt, warm belt state?

@David Pere My goal is to have a few long term rental properties under my belt by the time Im eligible for retirement (4-6yrs).

Under cabinet lights, and a blower vent that actually vents outdoors might be nice.Since there is so little counter top space have you given any thought to a deep sink with a cutting board.You don't want to overspend/over-improve, so asking a FEW local successful Area Realtors what features are hot and which are duds, vs what you or I like might be time well spent (before spending dollars).Good Luck!

Plus, it's the only city in the rust belt that the population is growing and Intel is building a gigafactory here so it's a huge population and job growth catalyst.

Now with that experience under my belt, I'm focusing on 8-20 unit complexes with partners.  

Experienced JV (money) partners will want to see your track record, so you'll need to get some deals under your belt before looking for partners.