I gave my children all buy 1 home in Idaho, 6 in Las Vegas and sold all but 2 because when doing business with real estate out of your area there are many inherent additional costs and losses you cannot avoid and these cut deep into your profits and make doing business in your own back yard look much better.

I want to make this area work for me because I have a good shot at the dental school there.

Our customers can wash AND dry their clothes in under an hour or less than the competition; they can lounge in the recliners or work on their laptop with our wifi; their children can play with toys instead of ask when they get to leave every 3 minutes.

Bottom line, I began to have children, have experienced multiple life events, and focused on my career (Public Service), so I have not pulled the trigger on anything in relation to material on BP, and I still have no "formal" education or experience. 

It's located within 7 minutes of the Children's Hospital in Aurora.

And my goal is passive real estate - because I have a full time job that I love that pays well and small children at home who are my top priority.Overall, the only thing I wish i would have done differently is spent more time vetting property managers on my out of state property so that I could have avoided all the expense of the bad one and the bad tenant.

Columbus has a ton of potential near Nationwide Children's Hospital in Old town east or King-Lincoln Bronzeville or you could always target OSU Wexner Medical Center and buy in Short North Arts District. 

Love the idea of BRRR but I honestly don't have the time with young children and scaling a business. 

This is a very interesting topic, as you don't want your children to lose motivation by being beneficiaries of the trust, and yet you want them to make good financial decisions with the trust assets, or income they receive from the trust assets.  

We are taught as children that if it's not yours leave it alone.