I know most people don’t like to be bothered and will literally and/or figuratively slam the door in your face.

A phobia is an "irrational fear" and I doubt he is afraid of gay people.

Take the tax hit and re-invest into more properties.

Don't they think people can add and subtract out the different fees?

what I'm telling people about hilltop is the only reason it's going up is because of the average housing price in columbus being pushed and the lack of inventory. when I started I'd have bought here too. if I was going to invest here I'd look at houses built after 1947 without knob and tube wiring, etc. the old housing is the problem. we are building now in downtown adjacent. land is a buyer's market and it's much less competitive and easy to get the numbers to work. there is very little construction in 43204 and I've transitioned to new construction triplex now with entitlement and larger multifamily projects feel free to message or call anytime. personally, l like new construction in 43203, 43205, 43206, 43223, 43222 right now and obviously 43215 which you have to have at least 600k in cash to get the land to entitle and want to build at least 100 units to make it worth it. 

Some people out there need it. 

People see a nasty property.  

Sadly a lot of people enter various real estate investing fields without a clue of the risks. 

Heating costs go up in winter, as does electricity due to the reduced natural light and more people indoors.

And work with people who execute better than others (there are better and worse performers in all areas of life).