I too grew up in MT so hello fellow Montanan 😊.I like your strategy of investing in the Midwest the cash flow is great there and you don’t have to battle all of the rich folks in the Denver area who are buying  investment properties with cash and commonly paying $10,000-$20,000 over asking price.

Grew up out there - spent just about every weekend on a boat on the water or out and about camping.  

I grew up around rentals with my dad owning several pieces of property including a few apartment buildings.

I grew up in Portland btw, I went to Sunset High School.  

I grew up poor, so idea of this lifestyle pulled me in instantly.

@David Mulholland, I grew up in Grimes, IA, so I know the DM area very well.  

I’ll add that I grew up in East Plano and lived there for 20 years and saw very little growth in late 80s.

Though I grew up here, I feel that my knowledge of which zip codes and streets are prime real estate which should be avoided is limited.

Kim, what you wanted was for me to guarantee your rents and I can’t do that.Also, we grew the property management company too fast and stopped being able to do a great job at it which is why we got out of that business.

It's different looking at Pittsburgh through the lens of investor and not just as a guy who grew up there.