Also, how long did it take?

syndications: very high risk, very high leverage, extremely low liquidity, almost zero control, too long investment too, and mild return compare to ETF/debt investment.There're two ways to make it work for syndication :- you invest as GP (sometimes there's this thing called co-GP fund so it's less risky in theory) ; invest as senior debt or just simply invest to the lender itself, some of these bridge lender (because of the structure) would go up in value when rate go up/down because all risk has been hedged.they make money even if the rate goes higher.

Akron and Canton may cashflow a bit better but I personally don't see as much of long term growth in those cities. 

Hence, getting more distance and protection in addition to your insurance.

It is not  optimal for long term debt. 

That's the thing, whenever you use a management company to manage your rentals, whether they are long-term or short-term, the fees cut a big chunk of your profits.

For example look at the zip code you are building in, for a recent new build in columbus that we do since miami is expensive we pulled all these stats: Zip Code Statistics: 43206Housing Units Delivered: 8 Average Sale Price: 642,875Median Sale Price: 505,000Average Price Per Sq Ft: $316.40Average Square Feet: 2172 Sq FtAverage Bedrooms: 3.25Average Bathrooms: 2.75Average Days on Market: 138We design the house around this, around the lot, around the neighborhood, from scratch and try to pick a long term build design that will do well.

-Thinking long term, is this something I could scale to make my primary source of income?

If she can't provide this information than it would be a judgement call on your part, but in my experience without providing this info, the best a renter could do would be to get a notarized letter from the husband stating agreement to the alimony, how much they're paying and for how long.

Myself as a realtor pre vet its completely legal as long as not based on a protected class such as race etc.