I'm not as familiar with Cincinnati, but I have seen many headlines about the city's growth. 

I do a meetup in Mesa on Saturday morning's which is a good place to come meet even more RE professionals and investors.You have the experience so now you just need the right strategy to grow the portfolio.

While I don’t own investments there, I’ve explored the market and see potential for some long-term growth.

The rebound in single-family home sales is impressive, but what really catches my eye is the inventory growth and the trends in townhomes and condos. 

both have their place as investments, but leveraged RE appreciation historically has whooped unleveraged stock growth (due to the leverage, historically stock has done slightly better than unleveraged RE nationally).  

Strong job growth, low unemployment rate, and strong population growth.

This is also (historically) where the best appreciation is, and our growth continues to feed that well past the covid boom.

I think the before vs after pictures really speak primarily to your experience and ability to execute a project so it can help lenders gain comfort with future projects and allow you demonstrate what level of detail you except out of your contractors.

Consider population trends, job growth, and economic stability in these areas.2.

The real property investment can be repositioned if it proves disappointing in its original form; it can be refinanced or recapitalized if it has too much or too e pensive debt; inflation over time bales out many bad purchases, and finally the investors knowledge, experience and abilities can be leveraged to turn around a cash flow negative property.I’ll provide an exampleThree years ago we purchased a note from a bank secured by two auto repair facilities with a large amount of excess land.