This was one of the lower added value in the nation (but there were some areas including a few in southern CA that the ADU decreased the value of the property).  

.❏ Checking with your property manager every quarter and asking whether he or she is seeing more people falling behind on their rent, more people unable to handle rent increases, or a decrease in tenant demand.DECREASING THE HEADACHE FACTORIf you want to make your portfolio grow, you need to be focused on finding and acquiring properties, not working out a payment plan with a struggling tenant.

Not sure what the typical lead times are for booking but I saw what I would categorize as top 10% tiered listings or similar to what i would do with similar like homes that I’m looking to buy and noticed most of them being wide open.

Something I’ve been noticing more often lately:A lot of deals don’t die because the rehab was underestimated or the ARV was wrong.They die because the deal never matched the buyer’s risk tolerance to begin with.Same property.

The company is investing over $11B into this datacenter, but you notice something about the campus; almost no parking lots. 

In Columbus, are there particular property types or neighborhoods where first-time investors most often get caught by hidden costs, or patterns you’ve noticed that indicate maintenance risk before purchase?

What I’ve noticed, the goal post are always moving.

Your agent background is huge - you can spot neighborhood shifts before most investors notice.

Quote from @Barbara Johannsen: I’ve noticed more seller-financed notes coming onto the market lately.

It's very important because all people notice are the finishes and for sure the comps that were used in analysis had good finishes.