Additionally, rental costs across the state show significant variation, highlighting the diverse living costs within Ohio.

Agreed mate.Too many variations and mud thrown on the word over the years.Maybe we should come up with a new phrase lolSomething on the lines of "House Hacking" and "BRRR" 🤷‍♂️"Fully Renovated And Tenanted""FRAT" property investing lolCut the FAT and invest in FRAT haha

There isn't a ton of variation among the cities in Ohio in terms of what to expect (Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, etc etc).

Fixed expenses are simpleInsuranceTaxesThere will be slight variations in those, but more or less they remain consistent.

I agree there is a perception to a full time agent- but if you are a full time real estate professional - I think that issue is not really one- they are asking you these questions for a reason.Craig Groeschel says often “no one is sitting around looking for ways to make you money” or some variation of that- and it’s true.

And use the real estate side of my life to minimize taxes on income and compound the returns on my real estate side using variations of things including 1031 exchanges, primary residence sales and conversions of investment property into primary residences. 

Although the variations above sound great, it takes more homework for a regular investor to wind through all of these options.  

Some variation between city, town, and also broken down by historians district.  

I'm sure it has a lot to do with the fact that they have to be the most mixed of all breeds out there and I can guarantee you that at least in FL, if you go to a humane society anywhere, there will be at the very least 60% of the poor dogs there are all some variation of a pit.

All of this is to say, broad categorizations don't work in Oklahoma City (and probably not anywhere else) it's one of the reasons out of state investors can be ill-served, there is too much variation.