I told her there just some things our cameras can’t see and I needed local experts like herself to help me catch the s^*% heads!

But there was a catch—they insisted on using a hard money lender.

IMO the insurance industry will be in catch up mode until natural disasters slow down (IF they slow down?).

But even if you did it my "extra principal-only payments" way, once you get ahead of schedule, you can elect to stop making (any) payments, until the schedule catches up with you again.

Things like septic pumps burning out, steam room dying, guests catching the grill on fire and leaving burn marks on the hardi siding, emergency bug treatment, above ground pool which is ridiculously hard to manage in our heat & having no time to deal with it if it starts to go, laundry & drying time for all the towels and linens, etc, etc.There are plenty of things we can and will get better at, but I'm prioritizing the stress level of my people as well as the very near disasters we've narrowly avoided, over the little bit of extra revenue we'd generate.

For example, this year we have raised rents from 25% to 50% just to get to the 1% level (which is allowing us to catch up with home price values).

Catch the seller’s attention with a competitive offer that will at the very least, produce a counter offer.

(Especially over the last few years) Is there a catch though to the popularity I'm seeing in Columbus and investing in rentals there? 

what it sounds like you are asking is illegal in many ways, section 8 laws, local laws, duel contract laws that conflict, there always has been also those out there looking to catch you breaking them,  avoid it, dont offer it, dont entertain it, there is leeway up if the tenant meets certain conditions, say need 1 floor rental, if not rent may be inflated over realistic market, which is what rented at not listed at, keeping in mind sec 8 market rents also include utilities paid, you can usually reach by email fastest, they have set chart, heat type, neighborhood etc, more than listings found online

There are many deals with assumable loans at 3.5% so going SUBTO is a great opportunity to catch them.