my perusing of the municipal codes looks like you needed to pressure wash a tile roof and paint the exteriors as the main things. 

(House-hack)The main reason I'm getting into real estate is not only financial freedom for myself but to get my parents retired.

The main thing you need to do is make sure it cash flows without you living there.

They will most certainly give you the name of a good choice.

The one issue with having different portfolios in Appfolio is that all the money flows into the main account and you can't have separate bank accounts for each separate portfolio, I don't know if that is an issue for you or not, but felt it was worth mentioning.  

Hey Micheal, I think that’s a great choice for you to invest in Columbus.

You have a choice of losing more, pay mortgage w/ or w/o a tenant inside or continue losing more home value.   

I will be doing one at a time, doing mainly cosmetic work myself. 

Full disclosure:  we're a TK company, so our main metric for our investors is cash flow, not appreciation. 

She intends to sell the house to me for $200,000 but is concerned about tax implications of the proceeds from the sale of the home.So the main question is how the sale will be viewed by the IRS.