Investors are usually willing to let lifestyle living take a back seat while they begin their investment journey so that in the not to distant future they can be living the life style they desire with less stress.  

Price, taxes, location and life style continue to be the big attractions.

Holy hell a squatting problem so bad they hire security teams to go in military style?

The reasons being, rent by room is technically a boarding home style of operation, think halfway house, elderly care facility, childrens home, etc. 

squatters are in for a rude awaking .I posted about what Las Vegas has allowed to happen to squatters  IE using private security to boot them out military style.

definitely like Franklinton, could see east Franklinton developing into a young/middle-upper class mixed use neighborhood (Boston Seaport) and west Franklinton developing to a township-style neighborhood in the long term (Columbus stacks in Ready Player One)

I’ve been consuming more podcasts as fast as I can about owning more then the predetermined amount from a fanny may or Freddy mac style loan.

@Bruce Woodruff had a dog house, I had a cat house...27 cats, the owner walked away to another house up the street, leaving dishes on the kitchen table and all furniture.

That said, I spend about $80 on each turn re-stocking items like paper towels, dish soap, shampoo and the welcome basket I put out.

Best way to determine values of a property is price per sqft on similar year and style properties and of course that varies per condition but it is the quickest way i found to price things.