A lot of investors will buy home in their personal name to get better financing and then switch the title to LLC soon after closing.  

Sellers are offering incentives like paid closing costs, and with homes sitting longer on the market, buyers have more room to negotiate!

But we looked a little more closely at real estate this trip.  

After all the fees from closing and paying back the interest on the private loan my new loan was at 335k.

There certainly may be some loss aversion that drove Tyler's choice.  

There seems like a new management change a few months ago in 9/2024, then there have been always delaying on disbursement of rental deposit to us as landlords, we have been calling, email or online text messages, but so far no response which is already the 6th of the month, this month we have close to $50K rental income already submitted to Appfolio however just $6000 deposited to our account today. 

There are lots of hard money options (or maybe not "lots" but not too uncommon) with no appraisal required - that makes the offer equivalent to cash (closing within a couple days and no appraisal contingency - its out there)The lender still has to ok the deal, appraisal or not.

After some additional research we have decided to focus on the aforementioned markets, but I will keep you in mind if we decide to look at Columbus more closely in the future. 

Although some unexpected costs arose during renovations, close collaboration with Carol ensured the project stayed on track, resulting in a successful outcome.

With 5% down payments and all the expenses deducted, there seem to have close negative/only around $100 cash flow each month.