There are several large projects showing up in California desert as well and they are easily identifiable from GOOGLE map.2.

Last month she paid the rent seven days late and this month she is ten days late and counting.

If you buy a property with 20% down, and the investment appreciates 5% a year and cash flows $200/Mo, in 4 years you'll have made over double the cash you invested.If you're looking OOS, prices in Columbus are still low enough to find 1% rule deals and there's a ton of appreciation happening in this market as well.

I grew up in the area and know it well.

Keep focused on your goals and keep in mind it will take longer to build enough wealth because the conditions of the next 5 years in real estate will be much different than the last 5-10 when many people made their money. 

Lastly, what’s a reasonable interest rate to offer the seller on their financing?

As a syndicator, I can say that raising capital has become much more challenging since 2022, so many deals have closed in the last two (2) years that aren't fully funded and that are continuing to raise capital after the closing.There's likely truth to the money being raised going towards reserves, which is a very important part of any syndication deal (running out of money is one of the big reasons why syndication deals don't go well). 

I got an email last night that you had responded to something I said.

We had 2.2 months of inventory in August that is up from last years months of inventory of 1.4 months back in August 2023.We also have had a nice drop in mortgage rates the last several months so I am just hoping rates stay low and inventory increases even more so that we have a lot more real estate sales this winter. 

I offered them 5K relo, last month's rent free, and deposit if they move out by Dec 1st.