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The Last Window: PCS Season Ends August 15 — What Columbus Owners Must Do in the Next 3 Weeks

The Last Window: PCS Season Ends August 15 — What Columbus Owners Must Do in the Next 3 Weeks

This isn’t a marketing deadline. It’s a demographic one. Our survey of 80 military families found that half of all military PCS moves happen in June, July, and August — the demand wave that leases Columbus homes in roughly 21 days is cresting right now, and it r...
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The Math of Losing Money (For Now): Why a Negative-Cashflow Rental Can Still Build Six Figures of Wealth

The Math of Losing Money (For Now): Why a Negative-Cashflow Rental Can Still Build Six Figures of We...

The Math of Losing Money (For Now): Why a Negative-Cashflow Rental Can Still Build Six Figures of WealthThere's a conversation happening weekly in Columbus right now, and it follows the same script every time. An owner asks us to gauge market rent for their home. We run the c...
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How to Read Your Owner Statement: The 7 Numbers That Tell You If Your Rental Is Actually Performing

How to Read Your Owner Statement: The 7 Numbers That Tell You If Your Rental Is Actually Performing

How to Read Your Owner Statement: The 7 Numbers That Tell You If Your Rental Is Actually PerformingEvery month, your property manager sends you an owner statement. If you're like most owners, you check one number — the deposit hitting your bank account — and file ...
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Why Houses Aren't Selling — And What That Means for the Columbus Rental Market

Why Houses Aren't Selling — And What That Means for the Columbus Rental Market

Why Houses Aren't Selling — And What That Means for the Columbus Rental MarketThe national housing market is thawing, but slowly. Existing home sales ran at a 4.17 million annualized rate in May 2026 — the highest level since December, up 3.2% both month-over-mont...
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What 80 Military Families Told Us About Renting Near Fort Benning (And Why Timing Your Listing Is Everything)

What 80 Military Families Told Us About Renting Near Fort Benning (And Why Timing Your Listing Is Ev...

In 2022, we asked 80 military families a simple set of questions: Where do you want to live during a PCS? What matters most when you choose a home? Does your housing allowance actually cover your costs? When did you move?The answers told us something most Columbus property manage...
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PCS-ing From Fort Benning? Here's How to Read a Property Management Agreement (And the Mortgage Trap Most Military Families Fall Into)

PCS-ing From Fort Benning? Here's How to Read a Property Management Agreement (And the Mortgage Trap...

Most weeks we get a call that starts the same way. A military spouse at Fort Benning. PCS orders just landed. Her husband is in the field for the next two weeks. The kids have school until June. They own a home — bought on a VA loan two assignments ago — and now she&#...
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Your Personal Hurdle Rate: How Smart Multi-Property Investors Decide When to Hold, Sell, 1031, or Refinance in Columbus, GA

Your Personal Hurdle Rate: How Smart Multi-Property Investors Decide When to Hold, Sell, 1031, or Re...

Most investors who own multiple rental properties don't have a framework for deciding when to sell. They calculate their cash-on-cash return, see 8%, and have no idea whether that's good, bad, or somewhere in between. They sit on properties earning sub-market returns for ...
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PCS-ing From Fort Benning? Here's the 90-Day Playbook to Convert Your Home Into a Rental

PCS-ing From Fort Benning? Here's the 90-Day Playbook to Convert Your Home Into a Rental

Every week we get a call from a Fort Benning service member or military spouse with the same situation. PCS orders just landed. The family is moving in 60 to 120 days. They own a home in Columbus, and they're trying to figure out whether to rent it, sell it, or break even on ...
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Out-of-State Investing in Columbus, GA: The Questions We Get on Every Discovery Call (And the Honest Answers)

Out-of-State Investing in Columbus, GA: The Questions We Get on Every Discovery Call (And the Honest...

Most property managers near Fort Benning were not built for the role. They are real estate agents who took on property management as a secondary line of business — and humans follow incentives. Agents are structurally compensated for sales transactions, not for the operatio...
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What Your Rental Will Actually Earn in Columbus, GA — And Why Your Upgrades Don't Move the Number

What Your Rental Will Actually Earn in Columbus, GA — And Why Your Upgrades Don't Move the Number

In the last few weeks we've had three separate conversations with property owners who wanted to know what their home would rent for in Columbus, GA. The script of the conversation has been almost identical every time. We give them the number. There's a pause. Then comes s...
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