And it's not just that some cities went from being lame to cool, that can be a legitimate transformation, it's that the cities that have ALWAYS been cool are insanely more expensive than they ever were.

The sellers were sitting across the table and i thought what the hell lets spark a conversation about the property.

Hey @Scott GrahamThe topic is great to see where people are at educationally and if that helped them to get to their financially free place, or spark their way to that place.

I have an 18-unit in Cleveland.Pretty much stabilizing for this first year, getting rid of inherited deadbeat tenants etcI have gone to Cleveland twice since acquiring the asset in September 2017:once during initial due diligence and I just came back from walking all units again with my PM last week.Wouldn't have it another way.Much less involved in it compared to my local Jacksonville buildings as my PM as been awesome in communicating.Oh by the way,I read this recent article on BP condemning Cleveland and Memphis to the bottom of some list of "6 cities"...I have no idea why people make these sweeping generalizations based on some graphic or data.It's like a girl saying to herself:"most men cheats I'll never fall in love".It's easy to write an article or create a spreadsheet while drinking beer in your man cave.I just returned from a week of walking the streets of Cleveland taking in the billions of $ in new investment in the downtown area and east of the Flats where an unbelievable transformation has happened since I last lived there in 2011.Vacancies are down, rents are rising.Yet some guy who's never actually been to Cleveland sits somewhere in LA and writes articles about how net immigration in Cleveland is negative etc.Hilarious.

Taking this to the extreme would result in a total rebuild and layout alteration where the kitchen and possibly the bathroom are transformed into a rental spaces. 

They are quietly sold and usually to a developer who is going to mindlessly transform it into one more single family occupancy to clutter our landscape even further with wasted space. 

Being so fresh into this community yet eager to learn I have filled my brain with new knowledge from the moment interest sparked and I've considered mentors I just don't know where to look per-say, I do find the way you find someone every month to learn from fascinating and would you mind sharing how it changed your mindset when it comes to success?

Looks like you've been able to transform some local properties in into solid rentals, etc. which is awesome.  

I'm hoping that there will come a time when that area is transformed into her former glory as there are many past time gorgeous old homes there, but the time is not yet. 

While I am not a big fan of the city, I am ASTOUNDED at how this whole greater Oakwood/College Park area has transformed.