As I start to explore “FIRE” and those who are on the path I decided to host a screening of the film, “Playing with FIRE” at The Neon in Dayton, OH and would like to share with the BP community for those who are also interested in the FI movement.

(If you don’t mind sharing) Another option to explore would be what’s the average home value in that area.... and if you fixed the properties would you think there is an opportunity to flip them and sell individually rather than use as rentals?

I'm recently exploring other alternatives to the old fashioned idea of work, save, buy, rinse and repeat.

I’m going to explore all options for securing this property.

There are tons of other ways to raise capital/structure deals that you could begin to explore immediately. 

If a flip and it looks odd then I would explore changing it.  

The entire city of Euclid is on Euclid schools.Make the Cuyahoga County auditor's site and google street view your best friends as you explore the specific blocks where you're looking at properties.

Keep your retirement account separate from investing in real estate.Additionally, if I were you, I will figure out or learn the following:Learn how to acquire apartment buildings with as little cash as possible (there are many creative financing techniques)One of these creative financing techniques is doing owner financingIf you have good credit, explore getting a business line of creditSuccessful real estate investors or real estate investors who have survived the downturns of the real estate cycle are CONSERVATIVE investors and they are wise with their money.

I have spent time exploring each of them to identify the metrics most relevant to our work.

Explore every avenue to gain knowledge but more importantly explore every opportunity to apply that knowledge.