How to discover your new property taxes on your Columbus investment
Wednesday, August 18
Ever wonder what your taxes will be on your new property...Franklin County (Columbus) has a very handy tool to predict what your taxes will be. While the transfer does not trigger an automatic reassessment, we do have tri-annual reassessments and if your property was purchased for a higher dollar...
Where should I invest in Ohio?...
Thursday, August 05
This question comes up a lot and there is no right answer...Ohio is the 7th most populous state in the country...we have 3 major metropolitan statistical areas (MSA's) with over 2 million people each in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati...and 3 large secondary markets; Dayton, Toledo, and Akron...
What are the market segments in your selected OOS market?
Friday, March 12
It's important to understand who lives in your chosen investment market. We hear Memphis, Huntsville, and Columbus in the same sentence regularly from out-of-state investors...but who lives there??
Understanding Multifamily Location Grade in Columbus, Oh.
Thursday, March 11
How do you know what grade property and location you are looking at?...and how does it differ across locations? This post will address how we classify (or grade) locations in the Columbus, Ohio market. Before we get there, let's take a moment to clarify a couple of items; There are two types of c...
Is a picture really worth 1,000 words? Columbus-Indy-Nashville-Raleigh
Friday, March 05
Is a picture really worth 1,000 words...I hear a lot about price appreciation across Columbus, Raleigh, Nashville, and Indianapolis, but what's the real story? Here is the 12-month estimated change of property value in each market...what do you think?
Why I prefer my tenants to be unemployed
Monday, March 01
Before you jump in, let me preface this...part of my approach is to challenge you as an investor to look at things through a different lens. The one flaw that many investors inherit is not approaching investing for themselves...not placing your own personality, preferences, and resources first. M...