Therefore I invest in neighborhoods on the east side of the city (Evanston, Norwood, Madisonville, Pleasant Ridge, Deer Park, Madeira, Kenwood, etc) - my basic rule of thumb is to stay as close to Interstate I-71 as you can.If you are okay with C,D class areas in exchange for higher cashflow there are neighborhoods on the west side of the city or further away from downtown that can accommdate this.Downtown neighborhoods (Biz district, pendleton, OTR, Mt adams) are really going to be your higher end plays that can still cashflow enough to cover all of your expenses but CoC is going to be <5%. 

Down here in the Steel Valley, if you don't have ancestors who worked steel or burned coal back in the day, you're going to be out of luck with a lot of the local real estate agents and municipal building code inspectors.Allegheny County is the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania.

Deals, look for any old uncompleted structure.Example 3:  Inland, Cayo District. 

I looked at doing a build in Montgomery County, and if the land was located in a school district where the high school was at more than 105% of capacity (which is virtually every school) I was going to be looking at some absurd number like $50,000 just in impact fees.

For Columbus, the majority of students are from OSU and would really primarily be 43201 where the University District is.

I did speak with a district attorney who gave me some info on what she would need to press charges after the fact but that obviously doesn't move anything along any quicker for me.

That would imply property is rather old or has less than good school district (I'm in Austin and a good 2BR apartment rents here easily for $1100+ in good school district but comparison may not be applicable here, we do have very very high taxes thus pushing rent up all the time.) .

I love it when I hear , stay away from East Cleveland .Home | Circle East District 

talk to an agent but in columbus we've got 3 Floorplans we build. one is 720 sq ft 2 bed 1 bath for affordable housing in our city school district, we have a 3 bed 2 bath 1 car garage all attached floorplan about 1200 sq ft, and we have a 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage for 1730 sq ft. we upgrade countertops, front elevations.

In addition, the area is in St Johns county which is the best school district in Florida.