@Joel German look into house hacking using an fha loan to do 3.5% down.

@Stedman Valentine house-hack a duplex with an FHA loan on the Southside, near German Village or on the east side in Blacklick or Gahanna.

Quote from @Germán Rimoldi: Both income tax paid overseas for the capital earning and rental income can be used as a tax break.

@Germán Rimoldi I am not familiar with either market but to me, it seems the one in NC has more opportunities and appeal with being closer to Lake Nantahala.

On top of that, his service dog is a giant German Shepard puppydog..and I will not argue with its owner for fear the puppydog won't be nice to me:)

We get a lot of German tourists and some of my German friends do very well catering to their friends and countrymen.

Agree with @Mikael Winkler on Columbus and especially the South Side which includes German Village, Schumacher Place, Merion Village, Southern Orchards ...  

Quote from @Sam German: Renting is harder for me in the colder months.

first there are various types of auctions.. and some have talked above about Auction companies that are selling homes that are usually poste sherrif sale or trustee sale depending on what you do there in your state.. being back east I am going to assume sherrif.these are Hubzu  Auction .com  bid 4 assets those types of companies.. ( Although Auction is now acting as the crier in  some states and doing sherrif sales.).. so along with public notice the lender on those deals is also jumping on Auctions huge marketing campaigns and I assume with the hope of more competitive bidding.Driving the properties.. the bigger players will have anywhere from 1 to 5 or more people in their org. that does nothing but drive properties estimate repairs if able that type of thing.. then you have @Frank Chin talking about upsets and reserves and other things that are probably germane only to his state.. out here on the West coast.. sale happens you own it..

Well the uncle brought with him two giant german shepherds.