Talk to agents in that area, lenders, and look at properties that fit your criteria. 

People think agents just fill in the blanks on a contract and cross their fingers.

Split 80% to property manager & 20% to firm for new tenant lease fee2) Flat monthly fee paid to firm - the rest the property manager keeps3) 70-90% of all fees to property manager depending on how much work & setup the property manager is doing.Advice Received:1) Have agreement looked over by lawyer.2) Decide upfront to revisit agreement after 1 year.3) Define what help I would be providing to other agents in the office or the office as a whole.

As a local investor and agent here in Columbus, let me know if you have any questions or want to connect! 

Hi There,I'm Judy from Brooklyn.  I've been a home owner for over 25 years and have helped countless other people buy property.  Now I want to start investing for myself!  I'm not sure how to find the best cities to i...

In one of the email from her last year, she said "We will be able to use the FIRPTA withholding tax on your 2023 US return against any possible tax payable so you will either receive most or all the withholding tax back on the 2023 US return"However my selling agent told me that I need to pay tax for 20% capital gain, so I am unsure if I will actually get most of the withholding back, or I will need to pay a significant amount to IRS.purchase price about 12 yrs ago was $80k + costs.

The new rules will go into effect this Spring (2024) and include measures such as registration of vacant housing, inspection requirements to transfer property and the requirement that out of state investors have a "local agent in charge", a representative on the ground in Cleveland to be held accountable for the condition of the property. 

You will have a professional agent right?

I’ll second this one and you may not always know about them ahead of the purchase but my first bed and breakfast we knew we had one ghost and we just couldn’t sell the house so we knew a lady that communicated with spirits (if you don’t believe in this that’s fine) and had her come over and there were 4 ghosts and she was able to get 3 of them to leave except for the original owner of the house who wanted the new owners to take good care of the property.

I am currently waiting to hear from my real estate agent but I think a new construction home around 1400 - 1600 sq ft should sell somewhere between 300 and 350k, there was a recent comp that was 1600 sq ft that sold for 335k.I am still working on figuring out costs to build the house but I think/ am hoping for somewhere around 235-260k.