I moved from Florida to start investing in Columbus because of the same reason.https://www.zillow.com/learn/hottest-housing-markets-2024/There are some great opportunities in the Ohio markets.

With mortgage rates being so high, we'd like to do an all-cash purchase in a house with a good balance between cash flow and appreciation.

That means you need to bring another 40k to the table at the refi cause you'll have a bridge loan of 240k to payoff.Now you'll own a 320k house with 80k equity in it making 150 cash/month.You wanna look for better deal spreads. 

Switching online services is unfortunately not an option because the large majority of house seekers use zillow.

I would aim for long amortization and a balloon payment of at least 5 years so you have time to get your finances in place.I don't know if you own a house, but you could use a HELOC to cash out the sellers.

The location of the house is ideal for downtown and the universities and hospitals.Originally, the plan was to sell and reinvest the proceeds into a few fix and flips.

I have one rental property - a house that I used to live in for 5 years.

If the property is homesteaded, you are grandfathered only at max 3%.You can see bellow an example as the taxes increased after the change om ownership. the big difference is due to fact the area appreciated 1000% since the 90s when the house was initially purchased as a homestead.

I live in CA so the housing market here is out of my price range and I'm looking to get a property where I'm going to school, I was looking into Logan UT.

I am located in the north shore area of MA and got my two duplexes through house hacking but always will to share my experiences!