Toledo has many parks all around the area, especially near the Maumee River which runs down the center of the city and attracts many families in the area to go for evening walks, bike rides, picnics, fishing, kayaking, and more.However more articles have popped up since my last post.

You'll also learn some things on how to deal with tenants. 2nd- If you decide to move out but hold on to the property, you'll have a cash producing asset. 3rd- If you decide to sell the property and it's the type of property that cash flows when fully occupied then you'll attract both owner  & non owner occupants to make offers. 

I am a licensed residential structural engineer (PE), I design mountain houses for a living so I would say that I am pretty knowledgeable on the subject.4.

Is there anything that will attract rodents?

At that time it was a buyer's market and it was impossible to sell the place FSBO at a non-short-sale price and realtors were actually turning me away because my place didn't have the curb appeal that they thought they would need to attract the few buyers there were in the market (opposite conditions to today where every realtor is thirsty after a seller lead!) 

The valley is an amazing place to start, just be careful of high prices designed for “California” buyers, and make sure your numbers or projections are aligned with your goals. 

I considered selling it but finding a house with similar specs puts us back in the 450-500k range and i figured a 347k loan looked more attractive, plus its a house we like.

Does the local government take steps to attract businesses?

She could actually help them by directing their purchases or they could pay her an additional fee for design services.

Leverage is the biggest reason why real estate investing so attractive.