Hey Jared, Columbus, Ohio is a great market to consider if you're leaning towards appreciation.

It sounds like you'd lean towards the importance of working with a local attorney to set up an LLC, especially in contexts like mine, with the recent acquisition of a fully occupied duplex.

@Justin Goodin No body cares enough to come inspect physical copies of your partnership agreements and you know that.

+Whether you are dog-friendly or no-dog lean into the preference because there are people looking for both types of units.

For example, I am a little concerned about some aspects of the business cycle recovery and a potential for a double-dip so I lean toward the safest part of capital stack which is debt (or low-debt equity).

Any body you see buying a lot of flooring material introduce your self in ask if they have a business card.

Thank you all tremendously for your valuable time, expertise, and, above all, the positive energy evident in your responses.I'm leaning towards initiating my real estate journey with the "owner occupy" approach, focusing on multifamily properties with value-add potential.

Compare its 70,000 student body to that of Stetson or Rollins with a few thousand and the needs are far less. 

To tackle these challenges, I leaned on my background in Software Engineering and developed a tool designed to make the bird-dogging phase a bit smoother.

Columbus, Ohio is a great market to consider if you're leaning towards appreciation.