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. 

As of right now we are establishing relationships with Brokers, had done some pre marketing for our investors to fund EMD and DD.

For one, they don't exist.

You're trying to pretend/make up/cover up/fake/etc - choose your favorite word.

The insurance ended up non-renewing our policy because of the "claim," and most other insurers wouldn't cover our home because of the claim. 

Which most lenders frown upon you utilizing a HELOC to cover EMD, Closing, and Down Payment. 

Quote from @Isadore Nelson: I recently acquired a property with an existing tenant who has been living there for about four years.

Long term hold, with buyer planning on carrying existing financing to term without the ability to quickly cure default — terrible strategy with huge risk for both parties.   

This is not the cheap markets but the higher cost markets.This year I added a half bathroom out of existing space in a very expensive area. 

Part of this is due to marketing and pre-marketing of the home - an agent is your marketer.