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September 4, 2026
The Hamilton County timeline from a missed rent payment to a set-out; and why TLP's Izzy Ong treats every case that reaches a magistrate as a failure of the process, not a win.
September 3, 2026
A $450,000 Loveland listing sold for $570,000 cash. Ethan Bishop on which Greater Cincinnati submarkets are drawing multiple offers, which have quietly cooled, and the two-generation demand pattern driving both.
September 2, 2026
Off-street parking, galvanized plumbing, school district lines that don't follow township borders, and a tax bill that can quadruple at closing. The Cincinnati-specific due diligence most investors skip.
August 31, 2026
JD Schmerge brokers Greater Cincinnati multifamily and operates a 7-unit in South Covington. Why tenants aren't paying for upgraded finishes, why insurance and taxes now outweigh interest rates, and how much to renovate before selling.
August 28, 2026
Bret Halsey went from pro soccer to 70-plus units in under three years, 14 of them fourplexes. How Cincinnati's repeating 1960s floor plans make the city's most common multifamily building the easiest one to underwrite.
August 27, 2026
Nine of 24 units were paying rent. Slocomb Reed took over management three months before closing, cleared the building, and proved higher rents; all before owning a share of it.
August 27, 2026
Reading, Ohio: Cincinnati's Unlikely Development Hotspot
August 26, 2026
Two years, roughly $10,000 in zoning costs, and about 40 neighbor signatures. What Jeremy Komer's Northside conversion reveals about Cincinnati's variance process and the gap in Connected Communities.
August 25, 2026
Lee Yoder holds 930 units, and almost none of them are near Cincinnati. Why institutional capital compresses returns above 100 units, and what he found in rural Ohio and Indiana instead.
By Ian Cruz August 20, 2026
How Ian Cruz and Slocomb Reed used four defined roles to scale from an 8-unit Northside deal to 73 units in under two years — plus what Cincinnati's rental data shows right now.