The vibrant downtown and cultural opportunities will continue to draw in residents from across the distressed state, and the metro area’s population continues to climb at a level that surpasses the national index.Areas like Olde Towne East and Franklinton continue gentrifying, and the arrival of Columbus Crew’s new stadium will likely further boost demand for downtown apartments.

If we stop improving spiritually, mentally and physically we degrade, we die.

You can employ the principals of leverage if you like and boost returns. 

If this is an investment having the mentality of I need to buy this home may be disadvantageous in the long run.

If you get contact with someone selling do your walk through with them build a good relationship with them, let THEM show you around the house to get your bearings mentally note items that you may want to address later, but again just talk to them find out why they want to sell, and how much they are looking for.

Our $15K injection + sweat equity boosted our equity by $12,500. 

So then the idea of doing a cash out refinance on the existing duplex to get enough money for a 20% down plus rehab money for a second multi-family property as well as around 50k to handle some more updates to the existing duplex and have 30k left over as a repair and CapEx fund boost.

Our $15K injection + sweat equity boosted our equity by $12,500.

I identified a lot of things I need to improve on (mentally).- You wake up to live and fight another day.Keep your head up!

A little mental, a little physical, a little designing.