I plan to obtain my Illinois license in the near future.

@Troy LarsonWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

Good afternoon Malachi,I am also an old (and future) Ohioan who is currently in Japan (Okinawa though) and investing in Southern Ohio.Maybe we can have a virtual Sake and trade notes.

Ian,I'm going to be looking to make a similar move in the near future.  

You just never know what will happen in the future...especially with a partner.

You get exactly what you want, you have little to no repairs for the foreseeable future, (done right) they'd be in high demand, sounds too good to be true!

All in all im new to real estate I been studying for the past 3 years collectively and this is my first possibly deal, i just want things done smooth and correctly to familarize myself with the process for future comfortability and reassurance.

But given the future development right next door I'm not sure if it would be better to sell (take the money and run) or rent it out (pull out the equity to buy more real estate, cashflow a few hundred/month, and hope the building next door doesn't drop the value of my condo). 

Keep up the good work. best of luck on the future.

I'm not necessarily planning on staying in the short term rental game long term, but our market is under-saturated with STR and since I bought the house with cash, now would be a great time to experiment with how I like STR and if I want to consider doing some STR's with some future BRRRR properties.