I currently work for a property management company also located in the Midwest so please reach out if you have any questions!

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

@Michael Whitman , it would totally depend on the company, but you make a great point.

For example, here in Columbus Ohio, you have amazing macros (population growth, job growth, and companies moving and developing here like Intel headquarters, Amazon, FB, Google, Nationwide, and recently Anduril AND you can still find positive cash flow and the 1% rule here PLUS there's AMAZING appreciation potential.2.

Here are the newest trends we see entering the market for 2025, from a company that designs 50+ flips for investors nationwide.1.

We also have interest from some new car companies that are looking at the facilities in Windsor for re-purposing to use for EV manufacturing.

See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy+tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.

Hello, Wondering if anyone knows of a good company in the SW suburbs for snow removal still taking on properties? 

The local governments and utility companies will address all public space clean up's. 

As a realtor, investor, and owner of a construction company down the road in College Station, TX.