@Josh Smith just like any rental property you buy, manage, rehab, etc. nobody cares as much about your bottom line as you do.

Once I get the homeowner to sign the assignment,  do you want to be the first option to review the numbers and possibly buy ?

Columbus is going to be more of an appreciation play and cash flow margins will be tighter in the beginning. 

Your best route might be to buy a 2 to 4 unit property that you can live in and rent out the additional apartments.

What’s your biggest question about buying real estate in Germany?

What kind of margins are you getting?

I use Eric Kloth out of Redding and he is stuck with us for this and our future home buying needs. 

Things they did bad which I wish I had asked more information about:Never involved in the screening of tenantsThey recommended keys for cash by waiving the rent amount buy only collecting fees which they would get not meThe cost to evict is 750-950 yet other companies told me they will include eviction in the priceThe tenant didnt pay in full last month and I was the one calling out to them and asking questions then a few days later I get an email saying something happened with the tenant and they are investigating.You get passed from person to person every week or so.No one told me when the construction was complete and so the house was ready for a week and the post to zillow and other sites was not done.It took them another week to take pictures and then another week to upload it.I was paying 200 dollar a month electric bills while the house was vacant because they left the AC running in the empty property.

In the webinar, he stated he's been buying/selling MHP for over 5yrs and just recently he and his partners started the investment group. 

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.