Since there are so many aspiring real estate investors, experienced real estate investors, property owners, and alternative asset holders (crypto, stocks, bonds, etc.) in this group, I'm curious about all of your experiences investing and operating.

Your first deal won't be perfect and you won't know anything until you actually make the step towards it.

With a starting point closer to 0.85% it is reasonable to invest and get to the perfect situation of balance between asset value growth and positive cash flow reaching again 1%.To make this possible for Canadians, I have developed a package of info and resources to support the current tax and corporate structure as well as financing to take advantage of leverage, so it makes sense to invest in the US and live and enjoy Canada.

Purchase price: $360,000 Cash invested: $135,000 Sale price: $630,000 This beautifully remodeled home is perfect for the extended family.

The chic flex living space is perfect for entertaining.

There are a lot of websites that monitor/ aggregate crime statistics. https://www.raidsonline.com/Websites like raidsonline aren't perfect indicators (for example, crime rates downtown appear high but the same market supports some of the most expensive apartments/ homes in Lexington), but they can be a useful starting point. 

It was a perfectly workable house but I gave it 2 stars overall.

It feels like a lot of first time bootstrappers look on Loopnet.com for listings, which is perfectly reasonable, although you're never going to get the first look at a deal this way.  

Old homes were built to the code that existed then and that's perfectly ok 99% of the time. 

Columbus has the perfect mix of talented individuals, groundwork, and infrastructure that has been attracting big corporations from the west coast.