The market still has relatively low entry points compared to other major cities, making it possible to find multifamily properties like duplexes and triplexes in the price range you’re targeting.

The market has been growing in terms of population, jobs and, major companies moving here like Intel, Google, Meta, etc. 

Columbus also has great macroeconomics - lots of job growth, population growth, and major employers developing here.

I suspect AHP has most of its investors capital deployed into these type of assets and now it's jumping through major hoops to meet their capital requirements.

That’s a major concern.

Live way below your means and save the majority of your income.

While there are certain features that are cleaner and modern, the majority of the system is not ready and there does not appear to be any updates coming down from development.  

Under $100k, were talking Old, beat up, it's coming with issues and the vast majority of time there is hidden uglies that come out later. 

But enough to make to do all the cosmetics along with a few major items like HVAC, appliances, etc.

Shasta is not close to a major airport making any travel more cumbersome.