They are your on-the-ground team.A Handyman & HVAC/Plumbing Contractors: You can start finding these by asking for referrals in BiggerPockets' Columbus-specific forums, or on local Columbus investor Facebook groups.A Responsive Real Estate Agent: Your buying agent should be investor-savvy and can often provide a list of trusted vendors.My #1 Tip for You Right Now:Since your goal is to close in 6 months, your immediate focus should be on building that Columbus team.

On tours, focus on capex: roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, foundation, sewer scope, and any unpermitted work.

That is wasted space in the bedroom otherwise and provides a bit more space in the kitchen area where the tenant may be able to drop in a table.From an MEP standpoint you should verify how far away you are from a plumbing stack and logistics of venting the dryer to the exterior.

Planning to renovate outdated units, update plumbing, improve landscaping and curb appeal What was the outcome?

Especially like septic and plumbing systems and such that could be money pits if in bad shape.

Have owned properties as old as year 1840, and 1870, 1890; they're not built to any code, sometimes built by owners with limited skills, sometimes built before indoor plumbing ( easy way to tell the only bath is on the first floor next to the kitchen and no baths on second floor where there are bedrooms. 

Time spent running a plumbing or contracting business generally doesn’t qualify, unless the work is specifically tied to properties you personally own and manage.

Other considerations are the layout, Asbestos, Plumbing, wiring, and sewer lines. 

.: Hi Jared- I've spent a good bit of time looking at deal in Cincy and found the properties selling for under $100k a door tend to have a good bit of deferred maintenance (roof, electrical, plumbing, hvac).

Plumbing 5.