Columbus has definitely gotten competitive, and you're right to be cautious about properties that are cycling back to market quickly.

Ultimately, it depends on how quickly you want to act and your comfort with leverage.

If they are able to remove the term it will be dependent on the loan underwriting requirements, not because they want to keep you as a banking customer.

Since you are looking for full real estate cycle experience, you will quickly be able to weed out most of them.

However if you buy in a neighborhood where people do care or all  your tenants have cars, you may get shut down quickly. 

They would be better off paying the professional to do it quickly and correctly the few times they will need a garage door opener installed.Even though i open permits slightly regularly, when i open a permit in a new jurisdiction it typically has some unique quirks that i need to learn.  

Wet signing the lease in person is the only opportunity to talk to the tenant about stuff that matters - so we quickly switched back.

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Some investors rely on the BRRRR method to keep their capital working, but in a high-rate market, a short-term strategy like flipping a property could also provide a quick cash injection to maintain growth.

However if it’s a really big hazard and they fail to take care of it quickly, I might just take care of it myself rather than taking any legal action, personally.