I did forget to mention that the city does have some rental certification requirements.

If you are interested in helping the city rebuild feel free to private message me!

If this is your first time investing in Cincinnati, it is a unique area with a lot of different submarkets with unique characteristics that may not be true of other cities.

*Number 1 seems more appealing to me, as I'll be the private landlord (and can save on costs there), and I know those cities so I feel comfortable choosing the right property.

I'm looking at specific cities where there are strong demographics and job growth trends, but where the rent-to-value ratio is still high enough to make it work. 

I live on the other side of the country in Baltimore and have found that there are hardly any affordable multis for me to house hack that are not in rough areas of the city.

My lawyer and Friend Jon Batastini is located in Ocean City and deals with these issues in his law practice.  

It takes more time to research city liens than it does to buy a list from list source.

If someone needs temporary housing I have some untenanted units in the Quad Cities that I'd be happy to provide for temporary use until this all gets sorted out.

I got my license in New York North Carolina and Florida but before I did my first located the broker realtor who was willing to let me be under their wing but didn't need to have office hours I was only looking for access to the MLS and the other things I wasn't interested in selling I got my license in New York North Carolina in Florida but before I did I first located the broker realtor who was willing to let me be under their wing but didn't need to have office hours I was only looking for access to the MLS and the other things I wasn't interested in selling  The course in each state was only six weeks I believe  not sure if things of change since then it definitely helped me save me tens of thousands of dollars