Columbus specifically is also seeing tremendous growth from large tech companies expanding their business in the market, so from an appreciation standpoint it has garnered more attention from investors.

Within those cities, I am targeting assets in central business districts (CBDs) and popular entertainment areas where large amounts of people congregate daily. 

Especially for large development (ie apartment and condo buildings), where many of our housing units come from.

Sounds like the Buy here pay here car dealers that get a large down payment , wait for the customer to default , repo the car and sell it again . 

Because our claim was so large $400k+ the check had to be signed by the adjuster (highly recommend a public adjuster), owner of the property, and then went to the bank to distribute draws as work was completed.I would assume if you sell the property the insurance check would likely go to the bank first (as the primary lien holder) and if anything is left over would come to you... 

With the large employers (Nike, Intel and others), the west side from Beaverton out to Hillsboro is a great place to invest if you have a long-term lens. 

I thought this was strange, and they commented they wanted to buy it because they had a large gain and wanted to buy it to offset these gains.This was an immediate red flag.

Investment Info: Multi-family residential buy & hold investment located a 20-mile drive or 25-minute ferry ride from downtown Boston in the beach town of Hull, Massachusetts, also known as Nantasket Beach.Purchase price: $550,000 in 2016Cash invested: $137,500 from 1031 exchange (75% mortgage)A 14-unit property on a corner lot, and it includes an adjacent lot as well (10,000 sq ft total lot size, double the town median lot size), giving an exceptionally large patio, yard, parking areas front and back, and a storage shed.

Worthy noting it's close to light industrial and downtown commercial, albeit a small town.We will likely buy and hold until I can do a refi and add to the portfolio.Its the main house large 3br, 2, 2br and 9 1br.

I’ve been saving for the past couple years and finally saved enough to put a large down payment down.