Can anyone offer some insight or good practices to do when purchasing.

Looking for high population growth areas, with high jobs growth.

Currently with a high income for Ohio of combined 450k.

And is it also a seller market right now, despite the high interest rate and it is hard to try to go lower on the price?

I'm particularly interested in the life that real estate investing can provide for my family.Outside of real estate, I enjoy hard work, learning new skills that will help me in my journey to success, and of course spending quality time with my beautiful daughters.I am Excited to learn and connect with you all!

With school scores at 3/2/2 and what seems to be significant risk involved, an investor might consider better options like investing in a high-yielding savings account earning 5.5% without the associated risks.

All the ones I'm looking into (Joshua Tree, Gatlinburg, Lake Havasu etc.) are highly competitive, for obvious reasons.Thanks!

Borrowing this kind of money to fund aggressive spend on growth in a high gross margin industry is once thing; covering Op-ex shortfalls is indicative of near term distress. 

But to be honest, I'm not happy with zillow pre-screening (almost non-existent), and background check (lower quality).

The tree removal quotes were extremely high, with one company quoting $19,000, citing that I would go through the insurance company.