They traded the light discomfort of what might have been a 6-9 month recession for a blippy 1-2 month recession, and between the stimulus money and the zero rates flooded everything with so much cash that anyone could have predicted ridiculous inflation. 

@Remington Lyman I am not looking in Columbus... yet but I have noticed that property taxes are ridiculous and convoluted in the Dayton area and had heard Columbus was similar.

And the prices are ridiculous right now.  

Their actions strike me as not just operating in a gray area, but tending toward outright deception (especially when it comes to getting a property under contract with an uneducated and inexperienced seller).A note on definitions- it has been my experience that most people who call themselves wholesalers are doing the following;1) Getting a property under contract for substantially less than it is worth (when I say worth I don't mean ARV, if the property is distressed or in need of repairs then it is worth some lower amount than ARV, when I say worth I mean the amount that the wholesaler knows they can turn around and sell to their buyer list at quickly and easily)2) The wholesaler does not disclose what they believe a property is worth to the seller, they take the view that they are just making an offer and the seller can take it or leave it. 3) The wholesaler uses a contract that outlines all the things they may do with a property (fix and flip, buy and hold, assign, etc) once it is under contract, but in reality is fully planning to assign the contract as quickly as possible. 4) If they are unable to assign the contract, then they walk away and only give up a sometimes ridiculously low earnest amount (I've seen as low as $25!)

The ridiculous laws are totally in favor of the tenant.

. - Lease renewal fees are ridiculous, it's 15-20 minutes tops but they were not only charging $150 per renewal but then giving the tenant a half month rent credit for signing! 

There are some investors that want the house back so they do a ridiculous rate of 10%+ others that want the buyers to actually buy the house they'll do 7-8%.

In 2012-2014, I was able to get mortgages where the bank did not ask where I got the downpayment funds from nor did they care if they had been vested for a ridiculous amount of months.

The city then places an amount based off a list of ridiculous codes that have the estimate numbers for each violation to be discovered by the inspector.

House Hacking allows you to do that and take advantage of the homes future performance at a ridiculously low down payment.