A cap-rate comparison between short-term and long-term rental strategy — using real portfolio numbers, not brochure math. Every investor asks the same question eventually: long-term rental for stability, or short-term rental for yield? In most of Central Ohio, that’s a real debate. In Hocking Hills, it isn’t close. The demand side Hocking Hills has been […]
Forty years, thousands of closings, and one constant: the market has never once done what everyone expected. I have sold homes through double-digit interest rates, the 2008 collapse, the 2021 mania, and now a market that is somehow both a seller’s market and a buyer’s market depending on which data point you read that morning. […]
Coastal investors discovered Columbus three years ago. Institutional money started moving two years ago. The window for individual investors to acquire ahead of the curve is not gone — but it is closing. Here’s what the fundamentals say, where the opportunity lives, and what separates investors who build wealth from those who chase it. WHY […]
By Kyle Alfriend The Market Is Talking. Are You Listening? July is blinking a giant neon sign, saying: Shift is happening. For buyers, sellers, and investors in Central Ohio, the rules are changing. Here’s what is really going on… The Numbers (Backed by Data) What’s Really Driving This? Who’s This Market For? Buyers Tip: Get […]
By Kyle Alfriend Let’s talk about the Central Ohio real estate market. It’s May 2025, and if you’re a buyer, a seller, or just someone whose Zillow browsing habits are more obsessive than their gym attendance, here’s what you need to know. To the Point: The market isn’t crashing. It’s correcting. We’re in the middle […]
