Some renters may hesitate, but if the rental market is strong and insurance is covered in your numbers, it can still work.

There is around 500k equity in the property. 150k-200k would get the property fully rented at top dollar with desirable tenants. 100k would get it to where I can rent all the units back out at fair reasonable market rents.

@Lucas DeAndrade how much knowledge do you think you've accumulated about the Akron market?

Want to know the best way to have a win-win in private lending---> do not give someone a loan who does not deserve it.We buy defaulted debt and I cannot tell you how many deals we are seeing right now to people who have never flipped a property and the numbers from the outset never worked, it also does not go into people without experience, its people with experience but attempting to work out of state or in other markets. 

You may want to get in touch with @Sharon Vornholt who has done a lot of marketing in this niche.

Market forces are pushing and pulling but not a source of anything breaking.

Also, has anyone had more success with inbound marketing—using PPC, PPL, or other methods?

At that point in time the market was still hot for properties at my price point in my buy box.

Happy to connect and work with anyone trying to expand their business.I am working on building an industrial portfolio of my own - consistently searching and analyzing deals.My main market is Southern California, but I am slowly expanding my lens across the US.Ronald Rhode and Chad Griffiths are the best content creators in the space hands down. 

Look at their marketing strategy.