Happy to discuss any Other questions you have as well as some other challenges I have run into if you want to PM me.Cheers,Art Art -  having had the pleasure of working with you, I know first hand how much time you invest in educating yourself about the market and what an ongoing task it is as Columbus,  in particular,  is rapidly changing and without a team on the ground and the deep knowledge you mentioned in your post it's very easy to make a decision with incorrect or incomplete data/info and that's what most of us work so hard to avoid.

The normalization trend continues:Brandy Guthrie, 2017 President of the Austin Board of REALTORS­® commented, “Due to rapid population growth throughout Central Texas, Austin continues to have one of the highest demands for housing in the nation.

Any recommendations for a contractor in Cedar Rapide, IA?

The numbers suggest I would need to rent home for a period of time for appreciation, although with new surrounding subdivisions being built this should happen rapidly. 

Live in it and eliminate your housing expense, which can be a very good strategy for rapid wealth creation.

The rapid appreciation we've seen has made it possible for people to cash out their equity and buy a multi all cash for steady income. 

The private lending world is rapidly changing, the once readily available private 30 year financing will continue to become harder & harder to obtain.

Downtown/Otr- a bit more on the expensive side if your not looking to do repairs, but get land value and Cincinnatis downtown has been growing rapidly over the last 10 years.

On Friday, real estate brokerage Redfin reported the number of homes for sale nationwide saw its first annual increase since July 2019 last month.CRUCIAL QUOTE“Home builders need to adjust rapidly to a world with fewer buyers and much more competition from private sellers of existing homes, whose listings jumped by a third in the three months to May—with much more coming,” says Shepherdson.

Welcome William - I'm from Grand Rapids:)