In this case, your monthly payment with 20% down will have a good MARKET rate if your DTI works with a much lower month payment and no mortgage insurance(MI).

With the interest rates and market prices, I am not sure this will be as great with returns.

Typically I recommend that people get very clear on your vision for not only what you want to do but the exact markets you want to do projects in and narrow your focus to those.

Also, if you're having trouble finding inventory in your market, look for single family homes with accessory units or even mother daughter setups.

I am leaning on local first for my next investment, but not ruling out an out-of-market opportunity. 

How is the market in Akron?

If the rents are already nearing market rates, will she be able to go up that much? 

So far, this approach has saved my team so much time when sourcing on market deals.

Passive income is certainly the name of the game - building a real estate portfolio and creating generational wealth are key ingredients to long term holistic financial health and success.There are fantastic real estate investment opportunities in various markets, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast of the country. 

I’m pretty busy with my job as it’s a 24/7 industry, I don’t have time to handle aggressively hunting for off market deals however I could still do it with mailers, as I’m in no rush to purchase right away.