All property management companies must be supervised/affiliated with a licensed real estate broker, and many day-to-day management activities must be carried out by a licensed real estate agent.My view is that this regulation has actually caused stagnation and decay in the industry, resulting in a lack of innovation & disruption.

The accountants we have met with don't have enough innovative strategies and/or are not proactive enough.For instance, I learned through my own studies about a couple great tax strategies. i.e. - Depreciation on rental properties, writing off business meetings and business trips if you look at a piece of real estate.

Jamie Gruber, who was the guest on episode 436 of the BP Real Estate podcast, started the Emerge and Ascend program and has done a few iterations since launching in NOV of 2020, I believe.

http://austin.culturemap.com/news/innovation/11-05...Austin still in the mix.But really, no one knows

Has anyone heard any innovative, market driven way to solve the issue?

I'm not touting Jay's material, it's just that he was a catalyst.

They are literally WAITING in office hours for a motivated individual to ask for their tutelage.In summary: College was my catalyst but that does not mean it will be yours.  

The low mortgage rate environment is a catalyst that has reignited demand.

BRB writing the next big biggerpockets.com book on my innovative new strategy. 

Hi Cade, I personally love Columbus Ohio and as someone who works with a lot of out of state investors - there's so many catalysts for why you should invest here.