(Text of article posted below)It's nice to see Toledo made the national scene...Realtor.com Forecast of 2024 Top Housing Markets - Toledo #1Well, Realtor.com is more bullish on our coming real estate year than I am.

Cause I feel like I need to expand real estate to build wealth etc. isn’t that what we are all doing gather as much real estate as possible?

You can ask the local police precinct for crime reports within that neighborhood to get a better feel for the safety of the area.

Feel free to reach out if you need any help along the way!

You may want to dig that up to get a feel for the DSM metro market rate unit rentals, vacancy, etc. 

You may feel limited in to making changes to your property or may disagree with certain decisions made by the association.

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.

I would prefer to self manage to avoid the high poperty management fees (I think its around 10% + 1 month leasing fee, etc.) and I also worry that the property manager will likely not be as dilligent in finding high quality affordable vendors, etc.I see 4 major pieces of work1) Tenant finding: I feel comfortable doing this remotely.

This makes me feel better!

They'll let you know if they have a product you currently qualify for, or what you'll need to do to qualify.Anecdotally, I feel like personal residences are very easy to qualify for.