The lot is needing a few repairs such as cutting the grass, cutting two big tree limbs, and a good shaping.

You may even want to find a fixer upper duplex, and bring it back to life, a BRRRR deal maybe.

In other words, don't put the cheapest dishwasher into a middle/upper class of rental.

I woke up one day and realized the amount of money I had basically threw away renting an apartment and began looking for cheap fixer-uppers.

Nice suburbs like Upper Arlington are really limited (and we have dozens like Upper Arlington) an then a lot of the other suburbs really really suck.I suggest you spend some time in Cleveland - it's a much more larger and more established area, and as a kid real estate just getting started in Columbus I can see how you'd easily get caught up in small/newer Columbus cow town hype.Also why would I base my decision off "statistics on the metro area" anyways ?

So you can stick with 10 as your upper limit and adjust based on how nice the deal is, how big, where it is, etc.  

The answers to these questions will guide you to invest in single family or multifamily, lower or upper middle class areas, stable or transitioning areas, and rentals or flips. 

My fiancé is a licensed architect so fixer uppers are welcomed.Have a great day!

I have ordered pre-assembled white shaker kitchen cabinets for a simple L-shaped kitchen with a total of 9 cabinets and crown molding on the uppers.

I definitely would enjoy taking advantage of that to avoid refi and also to get down and dirty on a fixer upper.