Moving to a New (Midwest) Market

[Noelle Mastelotto]

Hi BP community!

My husband, myself and my four pups are selling our house in Austin metro area and looking to move to a new more affordable market. We've done a few live in flips and are hoping to get into our first house hack cus we're sick of moving so often. Duplex with dogs isn't quite ideal but we're willing to do what we need to do to get closer to financial freedom! Also open to SF BRRR but don't have a lot of cash on hand for renovations this time. We're going to do a midterm rental in Toledo Ohio and explore a few cities. Husband works remote and I'm a hairdresser so I'll need to settle in somewhere and build clients. We're moving with some debt and a small nest egg.

Heres our short list. Hoping maybe someone has some insight if these are good options or maybe we’re missing some other cities! We’re sick of the heat and want to live somewhere with 4 seasons!

Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland/Akron. 

[Patrick Drury]

@Noelle Mastelotto
Columbus definitely gets all 4 seasons and thankfully no natural disasters which is good. In terms of living in Columbus, it's affordable and the nice thing is you can be pretty much anywhere in 20-30 minutes.