I'm not looking to get rich or replace a W2, but I am looking to build a portfolio of properties that will eventually add to my income streams in retirement.

Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.

Nearby job hubs, facilities, and public transit can draw in both tenants and prospective homeowners.4.

Keyword being SECURE and ALL PARTIES...you can get a lender on their portal and a title company on theirs, but there is no one place that everyone accepts as a "hub" to communicate that is not specific to a company.

Try Title Stream. 

I have used tons different CRMS, lead gen, deal anaylzing software and they all seem more or less the same to me...prop stream, deal check, rei simpli, podio, etc. etc.

Investors purchase income streams, not real estate.What makes an investor agent?

Keep in mind that for the first year the only income stream I have is about $1000 a month from disability.

Here's why.People are drawn to our area due to the absence of natural disasters, low property taxes, home prices close to the national median, and a thriving tech and research hub, coupled with the life sciences sector.Considering the ongoing influx of people and the likely rate adjustments announced by the Fed for later in this year, we anticipate prices actually  rising as buyers enter the market.

It's calculated by dividing the NOI by the property value.While cap rates provide a quick valuation metric, they don't account for future income streams.