I moved here from Florida as well.I love house hacking here in Columbus because you can get into the higher priced areas that will appreciate the fastest and leverage your money very effectively.

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Zenda is a very small town so I question the demand for folks wanting to live there so that effects both flips and LTR and is a far enough distance from Geneva Lake that IDK the demand for STR so all of these things must be considered. 

I've done this before and it is effective in getting the tenants to pay back rent or getting them to leave.

Regarding the problem you mentioned of 100% leverage, it definitely makes it harder to pencil in an investment when you're effectively borrowing 100% of the funds.  

It's easy to draw out but it's not easy when you want to change your numbers since one thing effects the other.I'm trying to find something where you can put your first rental at the top, type in it's cash flow and keep working your way down as you acquire more properties.  

My concern is that my DTI may be negatively effected if I refi my primary 1st.

If not, and no other factors (like in a bad area, where a lot of things might get thrown up on the roof; the foundation is moving a lot; ... ) effect it, then bi-annually or when you think you need it should be fine.Feel free to reach out to me/us any time.

From a logistics and hard cost perspective, it is more cost effective to complete the entire renovation process at once.

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