These issues are a lot more common with homes built after WW2 in the 1950s and 60s - the basements were machine dug and deeper, which allows for more force from expansive (clay) soilds.

You think you have found a good deal and so you hop all over it BUT.. before investing thousands of your hard earned money, you need to set aside your emotions and let the investor side of you show up and look at the risk, because every deal has there own risks. 

But uninformed, emotional, bias. 

Hello Cynthia, Welcome to emotional up and down ride of Investing in hot markets like Columbus :) Most of us are on the same boat, or at least I am too. 

I won't let emotion or the hype get in the way of finding a great deal.

I've decided to dive a bit deeper into the Indianapolis market but Charlotte I'll keep on my radar.

I've written a couple articles on the topic if you feel like doing a deeper dive, but here are some high-level things to keep in mind.1) There is no such thing as a good cap rate.A 3% cap rate is not necessarily better than a 10% cap rate.

When you’re running a business, you need a real estate partner who can also see it as a business and take the emotion out of it to help guide you.

My wife is focused on the “emotional buy”. 3) Would you overpay and waive certain contingencies if buying in a hot market like these cities for a primary?

Hi all, Keith here and I made an account for this site a few months ago, but only now really starting to dig deeper into it.