While these merger ordinances come in different flavors, most of these ordinances provide that in order for merger to occur the lots need to be in the same ownership.

Armed with the knowledge and a little momentum from finding deals, continue to find more deals and lean-in to the economies of scale you are creating.

This will come in handy as you begin to scale.5.

There is 0 correlation to their success, I would strangely actually say the bootcamp people tend to NOT buy and usually fail to become investors or they get one deal and do not scale it.

It sounds perfect, but there are a few things about scaling it:1) There is a set amount of properties to work with. 

Paying rent those 5 years.Losing out on loan paydown and maybe even the option to buy a 2nd or 3rd house in the next 5 years if you scale your house hacking. 

What class of properties are these on the ABCD scale?

Columbus I think still has a ton of scale, but you have to work with pros like you guys to understand where the new best deals are.

Tax write off and you really want to own the place as in its a very nice up scale type of property you may want to use as a second home etc. 

I'd love to scale upwards to those mini-multifamily properties of 8-12 units, but I think taking some baby steps first will help learn and be better prepared for those larger scale properties.