Quote from @Kenneth Rockwell: I wondered about that myself, I've seen at least 3 listings from other wholesalers that suddenly showed up with New Western at 20k-30k higher. 

Western Mass and Puerto Rico both sound like awesome markets — wishing you the best on your journey, and let’s connect!

Columbus has a diverse economy with key industries such as technology, healthcare, fashion and retail, finance, automotive and mobility, education, logistics, and food and hospitality.  

Forest fires in the Appalachians of any size are quite rare due to the significant annual rainful; a fraction of the forest fire activity in the southern and western Rockies.  

Look up Assembly bill 968 & become well versed on it's benefits/drawbacks.Throughly understand El Dorado counties TIM fee (formerly known as TIF fee) & how it impacts your underwriting.For dispositions keep in mind your buyers pool will be affected by fire insurance the further up the western slope the house sits.Have a well formulated exit strategy in case the dispo is slow, which may tie up capital for a while.Don't overleverage as transactional volume is a bit low currently.

Handling this in a neighborly fashion before the tree destroys your rental (or worse, injures or kills your tenant), is cleary the better option here.

From my experience, smaller regional banks in Western PA can be flexible, so start those relationships early.

I had connected with a couple RE agents through bigger pockets and they were sending me deals which looked great compared to my home market in Western MA.

When the right 3/4 unit building comes up, be prepared to spend $200k/door - at least that's what I see in the Western/SW suburbs.

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