He is also a frequent poster here on bigger pockets, especially in the note investing sectionHe happens to also share the same name as me - how ironic.

The reason is the rent-to-price ratio is good so you can cash flow, and most of the West side doesn’t have a Point of sale inspection which is really annoying.

To my knowledge there isn’t a BP page for Columbus overall; you need to do your own research or use the resources of motivated investor-friendly realtors like ReafCo.

Always good to hear the good bad and the ugly. 

LeadSherpa is a good service i had a lot of experience with if you want to go that route.The two best strategies I’ve found are inbound methods: direct mail and Google Ads.Direct mail can be expensive, but it can also yield highly discounted properties.Google Ads, on the other hand, doesn’t require data extraction like calls, direct mail, or texting.

Time in the market > Timing the market

Since I spoke with the previous owner's property manager and she did mention the previous owner stopped making the payments on the eletric.

We got bank financing for the land purchase and contributed (almost) enough cash to complete the improvements.

Doing the proper due diligence & been seeing that in order to use SMS blasting you have to stay TCPA compliant and have the homeowners opt in.

I use the title company that I work with for everything.