Hey Sonya, totally can relate with you being from an expensive real estate market - I moved to Columbus a few years ago (from Portland, Oregon which was super expensive) to become a full time real estate investor, and ever since, I've completed quite a lot of BRRRRs, flips, and own a successful rental portfolio here in Columbus Ohio.

Completely agree on what the reality is today for new time homebuyers and the points you've made here, this is a good discussion of opportunity cost and risk.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.

If it blows through theirs and there is left over liabiilty to need to hit you, then... it some huge claim... 

Hey Sino, totally can relate with you being from an expensive real estate market - I moved to Columbus a few years ago (from Portland, Oregon which was super expensive) to become a full time real estate investor, and ever since, I've completed quite a lot of BRRRRs, flips, and own a successful rental portfolio here in Columbus Ohio.

If you don't have capital buying poorly ran PM might be a complete waste of time, or if you don't know your customer will you spend your marketing dollars right.Just because they are a landlord doesn't mean they are a customer.You have to have the systems in place to scale otherwise you are just doing more but not building the business you planned for.Best of luck!

I completely understand your interest in finding for recent books, but some of the older books still have tons of great insights. 

So wouldn’t rule out Dallas for fear of completion from big investors. 

I’ve qualified as real estate professional since 2021 and just found a potentially good opportunity to acquire a property in Mexico that would make for either a solid STR and/or eventually our forever home.I’m completely new to acquiring a foreign property- how to finance, what purchase process looks like, how foreign STR is taxed, does real estate professional status matter, etc. 

.• Analysis of Rental Property Incomeo Each property(ies) must have a 2-year rental history itemized on the borrower’s tax return.o Property depreciation claimed as a deduction on the tax returns may be included in effective income.o If after adding depreciation to the negative rental income, the borrower still has rental loss, the negative income should be deducted from the overall income as it reduces the borrower’s income.o If rental income will not, or cannot be used, then the full mortgage payment should be considered and reserves do not need to be considered