All Forum Posts by: Dustin Ruhl

I just gone though all the replied. Some really good idea has been shared. Thanks to all of you. 

@Brett Snodgrass really write quality content. 

thanks for the post, I learned something from that.

great video, thanks for the info

The question of the hour here is Big or small or maybe something in the middle. After finding the location of your dreams you are now ready to find the house of your dreams, or are you. Settling in on a commitment is no small task. What is the best option, having a small house with limited space or a large home with cavernous echoing rooms is the question that most buyers ask themselves. One must ask themselves if they are in need of two bathrooms 4 bedrooms or a small cottage just for two. With the current trend Large houses are not the way to go. Buyers are realizing that the bigger the home the more costly it is to fix up and keep up with the times. Living in colder climates a large house also means a much larger heating bill as well. So before taking that leap and buying that mansion think about it economically and live within your means both in mortgage terms as well as monthly bills for the long stretch. Before finding that right home for you, think about the community you are interested in, down home people friendly small town or a booming metropolis. Each will have its great selling points but only you can truly decide which is for you, Walking distance or a commute for shopping both are appealing. School systems are another factor for the young couple with growth in mind, or for those that have older children what kind of an influence do you want your kids to have in their environment. Home ownership or rental choices are not to be taken lightly. Choose with great care, and hopefully live happily ever after.

Key Takeaways:

• Smaller homes can bring a better return on an investment.
• Bigger homes are more expensive to keep up through the years.
• Smaller homes can be easier to sell than larger ones since more people can afford them.

"By buying a smaller home, an investor will pay less, need less money for a down payment and incur lower long-term debt."

Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/investing/small-homes-or-big-which-ones-give-you-more-return/

@Jay Hinrichs Exactly right!  I love the area, do quite a few wholesale and FLIPS in the area.  We spend a lot of time downtown and its starting to pay off.

@David Faulkner - Absolutely my friend... Downtown, St. Clair, Fountain Sq and Bates Hendricks are full of the "hipster" community!  The millennial movement is in full effect!

Locations of high concentrations of technology workers are, more often than not, found in coastal cities such as Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston or New York and New Jersey. However, there are some places, like Indianapolis, where the standard perceptions about high tech companies are starting to become an exception to the rule as to where a high tech company might be located. Companies such as Sales force are creating jobs there, and a few companies are even moving to Indianapolis from more traditional areas like the San Francisco Bay Area. There are other Midwestern cities who are growing the high tech job sector, but their growth rate isn't as high as Indianapolis' rate. Some attribute the growth in Indianapolis to a certain loyalty factor among the workers there. Job-hopping doesn't seem to occur in Midwestern cities the way it does in other areas. And while the growth rate in Indianapolis is strong, it's not so strong as to affect employment rates in the more traditional centers of high tech industry; Silicon Valley doesn't need to worry, yet, about their workers moving en masse to Indianapolis any time soon. What Indianapolis has going for it, however, is the fact that there is a 20-year history of a group of companies located there that has served to boost the area's ability to make gains in the high tech sector. Still, areas like San Francisco enjoy the advantages that come with having a highly concentrated number of companies that are geographically dense. It will take places like Indianapolis some time to catch up in this regard.

Key Takeaways:

• Indianapolis is a rapidly developing player in the tech industry.
• Most people don't think of Indianapolis as a tech city...but they are wrong.
• Several Indiana colleges are supplying the talent needed for the tech industry.

"The Indianapolis region stands out as somewhat of an anomaly: A Brookings Institution analysis published earlier this month suggests newly created tech jobs are becoming increasingly concentrated in coastal centers and a small number of other established hubs."

Read more: http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/gov-tech-jobs-indianapolis.html

I can get on board with that Jay.  I think it's hit and miss too.  I to do a lot of flips in the gentrification areas but I get a lot of questions if I'm open to leasing for a year then buy.