It easy for people to get up on their crystal palace podium but the moment it comes knocking on your door or in your neighborhood peoples opinions change drastically. 

My 13th hour cancellation was someone who had booked for 3 weeks and after a week announced that her plans had changed and she was leaving the following morning.

I bought my first "investment 9 years ago and I can now say that property has changed my life. 

That shows there is no change in character.

THis is constantly changing and best to stay in tune with your attorney in that state and follow groups like Hornek and GeraciRight Chris.  

I wouldn't touch Franklinton with a 10' pole on the existing inventory side. gravity 2 is being auctioned and sold by the developer the area didn't support office developer lost millions:https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/12/19/gravity...linden I agree on if you can get a good deal. super fast appreciation. small homes, close to downtown, you can look at year over year and it's going up fast but also fast to change. any urban adjacent neighborhood is going to be good. 

This is what the OP said:We're changing our plan for the property in 2024 and plan to rent it out for two of the summer months on a <7 day basis, but then also use it for a month ourselves.

I changed my major from Accounting to Real Estate back in 2018 when I was attending Glendale Community College.

Yes, having tenants pay ACH via a Tenant Portal software is best, but not all will cooperate and some will play games that result in NSF charges.We allow tenants to deposit cash/check/money order directly at our bank into our account.Many Class C & D tenants have challenges adapting to unfamiliar ways to pay and is often not worth the hassle (and possible evictions) to get them to change:(

If that changes, we will let you know.