All Forum Posts by: Robert Ellis

Hi Quincy, do you do all of these legal services for others in Columbus? We have a lot of questions about LLC and partnership setup, etc. If you do i'd love to connect. I saw you are also interested in Multifamily investing on your profile. Would love to see what areas you are targeting. Welcome to the forums!

 Hi Keeton, I read your profile and saw you've been involved in some deals in the past, that is amazing! When I graduated from Ohio State it took me a few years to do my first deal on my own. We have a real estate team here and almost everyone relocated from out of town (West Jeff, Bucyrus, Toledo, Toledo, and Centerburg). Columbus seems to bring everyone because of the opportunities it has. I'd encourage you to fill out your profile more, post what you are looking for, etc on the forums. There are many great meetup groups and even more people locally that are willing to sit down and meet with you to help with your goals. Always try to grow and build your sphere of influence with investors, title reps, etc before you even know them. Good luck and I'd love to sit down and see who I can put you in touch with to help you be successful. I know so many people helped me when I first moved here to town. Many of them are still my mentors and friends. 

 Hi Tim, i'll be there tomorrow actually at the COREE monthly meeting I even nominated one of our deals for deal of the year. hope to see you at some. Our team is going to purchase a corporate membership so 2 of our team members could go to each one. Thanks for responding. We are excited for COREE and trying to help build it's presence so we can make it a great meeting. 

 Marcus, this is awesome to hear you did this around OSU. Did you do it while in College? I bought my first one after graduating from Ohio State and bought in Italian Village. Awesome you started so young!

 Thanks Pat, interview them all and see who you connect with the most. I always refer people who have been referred to me by other investors or past clients. Hopefully one works out!

 Hi Anderson, @Michael Hamby and I are both on the investment side of real estate in Columbus. He and I are both investors ourselves as well as agents so we'd love to connect with you while your in town. I sent you a PM as well to discuss further. 

Hi eric, in columbus and with the BRRRR here I think it really depends on the area. Where some of the other commenters have said (linden) and other areas that are below 50k it is going to be tough to do that unless you have a lot of cash and have several properties. A lot of our clients that use this strategy purchase in areas where there isn't a lot of competition but where there are nice neighborhoods that still feel safe. The majority I would say are going to be B areas. Each zip code is going to be different but areas like Grove City, reynoldsburg, among many areas would be great for this. Let me know if you are ever in town and I'd love to help you identify a few areas that might be great areas for this Strategy.

 sent you a PM with her info. 

 Hi Mark, 

@Michael Hamby and I are teaming up with another biggerpockets member from 

@Ed W.'s Dublin landlord meeting who has a lot of vacant properties here in town. If you go to the meeting you can meet with him. It's a great way to get started. I've never seen someone more willing to help out. His name is Brian and he has a few thousand vacant homes that he is working to get tracked down. We have an investment side too and try to help anyone out that we can. If you want to watch us work a few deals I'm sure we can figure something out. 

 Hi Zac,

I pulled rental comps in dublin schools and zip code 43017 (just guessing here) if you mentioned Jerome. The median lease price per square foot this year for the 45 rental comparables I could pull is $0.98 / sq ft. There are rental amounts in dublin everywhere from $900 to over $3000 per month for the brand new condos. A lot will depend on the neighborhood, etc. I can send you plenty of comparables for rental if you are interested, just PM me and I can get them to you. Not sure on your square footage, finishes, general area, but with some additional info I'm sure I can help you out. Before I sold real estate I used to do a lot of leasing and we've leased in every price point. Hope this helps!

Rob