Everything I've heard suggests that Columbus is really booming with logistics and Cleveland is turning it around (probably similar to Detroit).Here's my overall thoughts:If you want to learn the ins and outs of the real estate process from acquisition through disposition, go turn-key or even non turn-key.

Bucktown- I know a lot of seasoned investors will raise their eyebrow with me mentioning Bucktown due to the fact that it is pretty much already booming and the prices are on the higher side, but I will say if you can find a good deal in Bucktown, please jump on it.

Which is still insane if you consider that during the RE boom in the US, growth was at 3% or 4%.

I focus on properties near I-85, which as you know connects the Triad to the booming metros of the Triangle and Charlotte, and then Atlanta.

@Evan Polaski @Curtis Reid @Caleb Heimsoth. ...Ok too many to tagSo after spending most of the day on and off the phone with code enforcement, the sewer authority, and the tax collector.

Charlotte and Atlanta are booming in job growth and the cost of living in GA is still relatively reasonable.

Another blatant problem is that last time I checked, a landlord cannot disable credit card payments, which are by magnitudes easier to reverse than ACH payments.Using Cozy for rent collection is a bad, bad idea.Also, many tenants who used Cozy and are unhappy for whatever reason, or for no reason at all, will google how to get their money back, many will find this thread, and know what to do: Call their credit card company (for CC payemnts) or their bank (for ACH), and say the magic words "payment unauthorized" after moving out (or before) and boom - 2-3 months of rent are down the toilet for the landlord.

Boom saved a 100 bucks .

A lot of folks got their licenses during the last refi boom and found it easy working for refi-mills order taking as people called in to get a lower rate.

It becomes a problem when you buy a house to live in, in a neighborhood with the expectation that a hotel won't open up next to you, and then boom, one does.