Its always nice to hear positive things about local people. 

My realtor told me that there's been happenings of neighbors turning in people who are doing STR's and getting investigated by authorities, resulting in fines & such.  

These people are not necessarily in the business of lending money and loans from them can be negotiated in any number of ways.

👋It’s a pleasure to join this community and connect with people passionate about real estate.

@Nicholas Nakamurain order to be successful, you will need to build a network on the ground in Ohio with people you know and trust. buying a random property on the MLS in unknown condition based on other people looking at it, and putting it under management with people you have never met, will not work, and you will lose money.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...so - what's your plan? 

After being away for a while my inbox was full of people saying my previous forums were helpful, so that is encouraging for me to get back at it.I wanted to share numbers from a recent house-hacking experience here in Charlotte, NC.

But for many people, it is one of a number of sources of deal flow, to add to MLS listings, wholesalers, direct owner outreach, auction, etc.Assuming you are specifically talking about sheriff auctions, just make sure you familiarize yourself with the general procedures for the auction.  

There are two kinds of people in the world.

And, I think its fair to say that we all may forget what people say or the information they provide, but we all never forget how someone treated us and made us feel! 

Some people are able to save money and budget and others are not really good at it.