Hey Lee, Ohio's a great state for landlords but different cities offer different opportunities. 

The rental demand in the area has been consistent, and duplexes offer the flexibility of house hacking or scaling into multi-family investing over time.With your experience in construction and remodeling, you’re already ahead of the game—fix-and-flips or BRRRR projects in Kansas City could be a perfect fit for you. 

I am very new to real estate investing and I am now putting an offer in for my first potential investment property.

I believe the price points of the apartment units will dictate appliance specs/packages but appliances are something I always upgrade over those offering competing units.

The owners of 100+ unit complexes are not individuals who will be swayed to sell by a good offer or the need to cut short term losses.

You may just get one offer even on a really nice house with good pricing on the property.

Additionally, many states offer property tax exemptions, significantly reducing expenses.

Additionally furnished to offer as a short term rental.

If you would really like to explore the sector : why not go and message 10 to 20 operators and offer to look after their property or clean their property for a month in exchange for their knowledge and details on the numbers.

My last offering was has been a real challenge and Matt has stuck with it for over a year.Never swaying from his commitment to me and my success.You need to be willing to take his advice and work hard but his stuff works.I would whole heartedly recommend him to anyone who is serious about raising private money.