You couldn't wash more than a handful of things at a time and never dry enough.  

Auctions in our market they are dry.

all the wholesalers I know had to move further out of columbus as existing inventory dried up and we are talking about teams with marketing machines at 20k a month. they are moving to more than 30 miles outside of columbus like newark, Lancaster, Springfield, Mansfield, etc I hate when realtors are posting all this false info about our city. it's not a strong wholesale market like Dayton, Cleveland, or Toledo 

Helps with your debt to income, better opportunities at cash flow, and typically requires less down to purchase.In regards to challenges, I usually build in an extra 10-15% to deal with things that I can't see behind the walls, including dry rot, electrical or plumbing issues, etc.

If not cleaned well, dried, and oiled regularly, cast iron can rust.

I explained how it would be in their best interest to assist with the process having the house tidy, showing it for me to prospective renters, and relaying to the prospective renter how I was as a landlord.The only other thing I requested from my departing tenant was to be out of the house 4 days before the end of the month. 

A good REI bookkeeper will help keep everything neat and tidy throughout the year so you can make educated decisions in your business, potentially creating more profit and less headaches.

I wouldn't touch anything outside the urban core. if your strategy is to buy existing and old I'd recommend not to. as a newer investor depending on your liquidity look at build to rent development. building investment properties below market value by 25% and refinancing out of it to do it again. the urban core has tax abatements as well that are 15 years right now you can apply for. that means that taxes will be around $600 to $800 per year. there's cash Flow but the existing inventory market dried up a few years ago in the urban core. local realtors are going to push you to the trash areas like hilltop, south linden, etc because it's the only place numbers work. columbus is great, but remember a tenant who pays $1800 a month is different than a tenant who pays $900 a month. let me know if I can help any other way! 

That someone is going to deliver to you, on a silver platter, a property purchase you can simply say "yeah, sure, I'll take that" where you do some paint, carpet, little cleaning and tidying and turn around and clear a $100k? 

AE zoning may possibly reduce your buyer pool, but if comps show strong demand and the house stayed dry and didn't flood during Hurricane Milton, that’s a good sign.