Entirely risk free... not so much. 

It has risk, its returns varies. 

So you’re taking a lot of risks for a small chance at saving 1-2%. 

I think 2015 will be our year to enter however I'm extremely focused on mitigating risks for my team and our investors.  

So far, students are still choosing to risk it in R1 and R2 zones around Rec Park, but this may change if the city can figure out how to enforce fines.North of Main is a good area to look at- this will have to become students.

Keeping a low level of risk; low DTI, diversified risk, etc but I think primarily it is solving the question “if something bad happens can we carry the property and for how long?”.

Columbus too expensive IMO.Grass aint greener on the other side Mike 😁👍 Ya'll keep setting off these Columbus keyword alerts and we're about to get a swarm of Columbus agents flooding the thread with "I work with several great PM's in Columbus, let me know if you want me to send you a list"

I'm finding it a bit overwhelming to manage the documents with our handful of MTR/LTR properties. Insurance, tax, tenant info, leases, applications, listing/marketing docs, water, notices, repairs, logs of maintenance...

HODL.Here are my pros and cons for each:### $100K-200K ### <-- More Active InvestmentPros- Higher Price to Rent Ratio- Fast turnaround to purchasing next property (6 month before ReFi)- Value Add repairs can improve house value a lot- 3-4+ purchases in 5 years = More Learning Opportunities/NetworkingCons- Higher Risk of Bad Tenant- Maintenance Repairs- Lemon Purchases### $300K+ ### <-- More Passive InvestmentPros- More equity to draw from down the road- Good Neighborhood- Family Tenants are saferCons- Higher Operational expenses (Taxes, Insurance)- HOA Limitations- Typically recent builds/renovations so not much room for Rehab- 1-2 purchases in 5 years = Fewer Learning OpportunitiesI know that there is no one solution.

If you run into any troubles, at least you have your hloc ready.Since flips have that high risk of having extra expenses, something like the hloc can function as the reserve.