Thanks for the encouragement and tips.Nick

Want to connect with other investors and real estate professionals to start applying this knowledge and building beneficial joint ventures and/or trading experiences, encouragement, and knowledge.BP seems like the right place to do that so far :)Thank you all!

https://datausa.io/profile/geo/columbus-oh#economy has an interactive embeddable map of the income level & location.

You hit the nail on the head....I'm not encouraging you to get married and go into debt yada yada yada - in fact I commend you for not...too many of my friends HAVE gotten married because it was the convenient, easy thing they were "supposed" to do.  

If somebody feels like you're going to low ball them, then their guard will be up and they wont be responsive.Instead, I would encourage you to take a softer approach and try to build a little bit of rapport with the sellers to warm them up a bit. " Hi Mr.

I actively encourage my clients to depreciate as much as possible, since it decreases the tax burden without impacting ability to qualify for additional mortgages.

I would love some words of encouragement.

And like Chris said, I'm pretty sure you're required, or at least strongly encouraged, to get a septic inspection if you're buying a house like this.

He obviously doesn't get wholesaling and is taking a small selection of interactions and thinking that is what wholesaling is. 

He has held or lowered property taxes every year for the past several years as an incentive to encourage people to move back into the city.