I think Toledo is on the right track, here are some recent snippets:Finishing touches being put on massive new Amazon center in Rossford, Company leaders say it will create at least 1,000 full time jobsExercise equipment maker Peloton to build its first U.S. factory near Toledo. 

You're still gaining equity and can turn it into a rental later and use the money to buy more rentals.Hi @Jack B, this is an interesting point you make RE purchasing a home first before investing in a rental property.

Investing off the MLS is generally not a money maker. 

Originally posted by @Mike Dymski:The irony in these laws is that they make renting more costly for both the owner AND the renter.Oh yes.

I am currently looking out of state for low priced, cash-flow makers.

I'm not letting you know how much rent was actually paid last year because that information would just confuse you about how much of a hot money maker this deal is.

I’m not necessarily trying to make real estate as my main source income.

The only line out of a Zack Snyder film ever worth repeating.

I actually bought my first fixer-upper with my now ex-girlfriend and had it about 85% renovated and had potential to make really good money on it, but then a little thing called heartbreak got in the way and spoiled that.

If you've seen Jesse Piemons take over the whole film in his five minutes in Civil War, I think you know where I'm coming from.But to get away from that kind of existential dread, I also think that a lot of the newbies that come to these particular forums wonder WHY there are a bunch of people with actual money who have actually done something with it actually sitting at their keyboards typing away here and trying to help others.