Someone has to pocket the proceeds from that check and you can follow that trail. 

Regardless of the market you choose, please make sure you have reliable boots on the ground (agent, contractor, handyman, bird dog) to check our potential properties and be able to respond in the event of an emergency. 

If you make $1MM in a year and are writing a $300k check to Uncle Sam and could wipe most of that out by buying a property that breaks even or loses a few hundred bucks per month, that's a pretty good trade.If you are trying to quit your day job- that's a different story.

Definitely check out Cleveland!

Who will drive by to check the lawn or look for extra cars in the driveway or three unauthorized dogs in the back yard?

I hope your mortgage broker is a person of outstanding character but the fact is, he or she would be getting a double pay day in this scenario.

Quote from @Noam Ben Nun: Check out "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene.

Her loan person didn't seen to know enough to check or explain things well. 

Check out Zillow hottest housing market of 2024: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/zillow-ranking-hottest-real...Cleveland is what I focus in, it's great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

Finally, one of the guys checked the filter, it had never been changed.