Northeast Ohio Real Estate Blog

Is Lorain County Growing? Why Investors Keep Asking Me About Elyria

The question I keep getting about the west side Over the past year, more investor conversations have turned toward Lorain County, and Elyria comes up in most of them. The question is always the same: is this county actually growing, and does that make it a smart place to buy rentals? Having worked N

Investing in Ravenna: The Portage County Rental Market Most Investors Drive Past

Why Ravenna is new to our list, and why now The Mike Team has added Ravenna to the markets we actively serve, and investors are a big reason why. Ravenna is the Portage County seat, it sits within a short drive of Kent, Akron, and the Streetsboro employment corridor, and its price points remain amon

Renting vs. Buying in Stow: How to Know When You Are Actually Ready

Renting vs. Buying in Stow: How to Know When You Are Actually Ready The honest version of the rent versus buy question Plenty of agents will tell you that buying is always better than renting. I will not, because it is not true. Buying is better than renting when you are ready, and it is worse when

How Much Money Do You Really Need to Buy a House in Akron?

How Much Money Do You Really Need to Buy a House in Akron? The question behind the question When someone asks me how much money they need to buy a house in Akron, what they are really asking is whether homeownership is possible for them. After 18 years of helping first-time buyers, my answer is usua