And a lot of start-up companies are migrating to this city as well because of the OSU campus that has thousands of talented students graduating and looking for positions locally.

Was thinking of taking a Home Equity loan for the downpayment ( @ $100,000-150,000).

Furnished Finder does make it tricky since you need separate profiles for each room, but platforms like Apartments.com or Airbnb might work better if you're aiming for full-house rentals or structured by-the-room arrangements.If you decide to rent to multiple individuals:Tenant Screening: Screen each tenant thoroughly to ensure they’re reliable and responsible.Clear Communication: Introduce potential tenants to one another Detailed Agreements: Use separate leases for each tenant and specify shared vs. private spaces, utilities, and maintenance responsibilities.House Rules: Create clear, written house rules to prevent misunderstandings.Inventory Tracking: Document everything in the home (furniture, appliances, etc.) to avoid disputes about damage or missing items.Also, market your property with its flexibility in mind—like proximity to hospitals for traveling nurses or universities for graduate students.

You verify the lender actually owns the loan and does not have any leverage elsewhere on it.3.

@Shak F. you wont be able to do a cash-out refinance with a conventional loan, since they require 12 months.

Plus you can get 30 year loans instead of 5-7 year loans you would get on 5 units or more. 

You could get a new loan for $150k.

I have never heard of them but it seems to be a lender offering foreign national loans?

I'm excited for the opportunity to be apart of the community with BP, I reside in the state of Virginia and started my investment journey many years ago at 22 doing fix and flips, I stopped when the market crashed in 2007/2008 and didn't like the way the market looked and I left the investing world, I became a mortgage loan officer, and then processor and later underwriter and learned the backend of the conventional lending world.

Sometimes maybe often times they aren't doing enough to track down the owner or owner's heirs and just collecting checks from the court. we have a FC coming up where lets say the loan was $500k and the property is worth $1.5M.