@Tiago Montoya I'm not an expert, but have spent a significant amount of time and energy researching tax liens/deeds in my state and the state adjacent to me.

It just shows economic illiteracy and a commitment to buying votes rather than supporting rational policy.

We are probably the only brokerage doing that.There is an entire field of economics devoted to irrational decision making.

These "investments" were pure speculation driven by a set of economic conditions which no longer exist.

Employment/Economic Diversity/Demand DriversNow if you can buy a house let's say 4-5 bedroom and have your kid live in one for 4-5 years and is the kind of kid who is responsible and a hard worker and a good networker and can keep the bedrooms rented for the next 4-5 years, there certainly could be an opportunity there.

But that isn't that attractive because they then have to spend time figuring out what to give you, setting it up, teaching you things to be able to do it, and that's a lot of time and energy spent.

To pick just one of those items and call it "investing" is not understanding the element of time/energy coefficient.

Our priorities in terms of market is there needs to be- anticipated economic growth (lots of tech companies are moving into Columbus),- prices need to allow us to buy in all cash (400k or less, ideally up to 300k),- we want the area to be safe (when looking into places like Dayton, OH or Memphis, TN for instance it looks like all our boxes are checked on paper, numbers wise but we realized quickly there are a lot of unsafe areas and we could have the potential for problem tenants)- yearly expenses to be relatively low (i.e. we are avoiding NYC and the tri state area, California, etc. for having extremely high taxes).Is our initial analysis on the right track for Columbus?

The rent control advocates, having zero understanding of economics, blames greedy landlords without realizing the rent control has increased risks.My properties are in a very desirable area that is very constrained.  

I absolutely don't subscribe to the find the deal and the money will follow i think that is absolutely backwards. sure waste a lot of time and energy if you don't have the financing not only your own and get disappointed but the sellers and agents etc.. any agent worth  a darn will want to see your pre qualed.