Which area works best for multi-family investing will depend on a few factors:- will you be living in the property as well?

So you want to lock in the gains as tax free gains before turning it into a rental.

Depending on the activity you can be more or less aggressive with it.

Hi Bob,The response depends on the interested party sitting on the other side of the table.

Honestly if you are never planning on moving back to the house (or the area), you are not going to cash flow especially after you add in insurance, repairs and maintenance (assuming property taxes are part of your mortgage).You have a friend willing to buy it off market-double check fair market value and sell it to them.

The City of Findlay also offers property tax incentives for developing vacant land. 

Also this brings out my question regarding the taxes but that can be asked another day.

Skip the pre-packaged tools and build your own, focusing on the fundamentals.

When I received my 2023 taxes back from my tax preparer, I noticed that they included income from the DST's but did not include any depreciation. 

Taxes are also paid up, however the place is vacant now and the grass is 2 feet high.