Understanding the 50% rule will create an understanding of maintenance/cap ex.In the last 2 weeks: I have replaced 3 hot water heaters (one under warranty that was only 2.5 years old), one of the water heater failures took out the kitchen (insured), got one RE sewer jetted, rebuilt 2 fences, made a new screen for a window, replaced one side of the frame of a garage door opening, removed 2 giant trees, added 3 sister beams to a garage roof. 

Thus we never had the giant boom of building WW2 workforce housing to supply steelmills and factories, and then had all those neighborhoods bust out when all that closed.

Columbus has experienced so much growth for the past few years, partly due to the influx of tech giants like Intel ($20 billion), Meta, Amazon, and Google building warehouses and data centers in the area, which has contributed to an increase in property prices and more people moving into the city for job opportunities.

I am going after Multi families and hope to have a giant ring of keys in a year or two! 

Real estate agents will talk with great certainty about what they know and don't know, but that flimflam comes with the job, so take it all with a giant pinch of salt.

Columbus in particular has seen significant growth, driven in part by tech giants such as Intel ($20 billion), Meta, Amazon, and Google establishing warehouses and data centers in the area.

I would go one step further and say DON'T BANK WITH THESE GIANT BANKS!

Then she told me I should probably find a new agent because she thinks that each issue that arises, I will make it tough to work things out.This is one of the problems with residential real estate agents who make their living selling pretty houses to Jane & Dick Public.  

I was trying to get someone to buy the program so I could make money at it, but I would not like it if someone was as angry at me as I am at the dick head who convinced me to try it.

Both instances always make a giant red flag go up for me whenever someone doesn't pass screening, and they counter with an offer to pay lump sum rent for X months in advanced.