Also, it didn't get up to a hot enough temperature even though it was brand-new.I love steam saunas, but it's easier to just use the one at the fitness center.

  $2,500 for an updated place / fresh paint & finishes.The house is not updated, and could use paint, etc. so I am reluctant to adjust too high too quickly. 

The way I see it, a brand spanking new duplex wouldn't be the smartest deal because of the high purchase price and you'd likely not cash flow, if not be in the negative.

When I ask for reasons I get cost of living, quality of live, moderate climate, fresh water access, no natural disasters and moving back to where they were from.From what I can see the trend to the Midwest is steadily increasing, but by no means as big as moving south.

JPMorgan Chase, Nationwide, Honda, L Brands, Huntington, and Amazon are just a few of the many companies that have thousands of jobs in the city.New Albany is home to several major data centers including ones operated by Amazon, Google and Facebook, whose parent company, Meta, announced plans in the spring to expand its New Albany campus.

Purchase price: $175,000 Cash invested: $5,000 I invested in my first condo to live in Minneapolis in January 2022 (fresh out of college).

You need to find fresh preforeclosures to get to the property owners before other people.

Alternatively, if its for the hopes of accessing future real estate loans via the LLC then it may be a moot point as a lot of these bigger banks won't lend on an LLC that's brand new and no history of cash inflows/outflows. 

You can buy an almost new or brand new single family home here in Arizona for $250-300k, combine taxes and insurance of under $2k per year, rent for $1500-1800, will break even on cash flow with 25-30% down because there is no maintenance or cap ex since it's new (you will have these eventually but rents will increase by the time that happens).

Does it make sense to hold onto the LLC, I created or start fresh once I have a stronger portfolio?