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2 December 2010 | 5 replies
Thanks for the warm welcomes Ted, Bryan, Jackie, and Joshua!
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21 March 2019 | 9 replies
They will take advantage of you by doing damage to your unit.An issue you may face with the Cleveland/any other rust belt market is that you may want to purchase those nice looking cheap properties, but you may get caught up in the subpar neighborhoods.
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21 January 2015 | 14 replies
I imagine Columbus is like many of the other rust belt cities and you ought to be able to find tons of properties in pretty good areas with GRMs around 100 and if you're willing to go into rougher neighborhoods closer to the 50-75 range.
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25 November 2016 | 23 replies
Personally I'm not a big fan of the "Rust Belt" markets due to the economic factors (debt, unemployment, etc), and the higher life-time maintenance on the properties due to the winter climate.Continued success!
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26 July 2017 | 30 replies
@Bryan Gamble and @Steve Bradigan for contributing to the conversation, I will be meeting with my accountant/ lawyer this week and let you know what we decide on.
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10 August 2018 | 3 replies
To expand on what @Janell Bryan said, it does depend on the idiosyncrasies of your market, as well.