Hardin Plan

Plain City, OH 43064

$343,990F

3 bd · 2.0 ba · 1,498 sqft · Built — · SingleFamily · Active · 307 DOM

Cashflow @ list (25.0% down · 7.5%)

• Estimated rent: $2,517/mo
• Mortgage (P&I): −$2,063
• Tax + insurance: −$656
• HOA: −$0
• Vac / Maint / Mgmt: −$529
• Net cashflow: $-731/mo
• Annual: $-8,767/yr
• Cap rate: 4.06%
• Cash-on-cash: -7.96%
• DSCR: 0.65
• 1% rule: 0.64%
• Cash to close: $110,172

Investor read

• This is a 3-bed/2.0-bath single-family listed at $344k.
• At list price, monthly cash flow is $-731 ($-9k/yr) — negative.
• To cash-flow at today's rent, offer at most $288k (16.3% below list).
• To meet the 1% rule (rent ≥ 1% of price), the offer needs to be $252k (26.8% below list).
• It's been on market 307 days — a 12% lower offer ($303k) is reasonable based on typical stale-listing flexibility.
• Recommended offer: $252k (26.8% below list) — sets the bar for 1% rule.
• Local home prices are declining (-3.0%/yr); year-one equity from $3k of loan paydown is wiped out by about $12k of value loss. Plan a longer hold.
• Location reads 79/100 on livability (#146 in OH, #2,254 nationally) — a middle-class / working-renter tenant base. Strengths: crime A+, cost of living A+, housing A+; Watch: amenities F, commute F.
• Jonathan Alder Local (rural): math 68% / reading 74% proficiency, ranked #121 of 656 in OH (top 18%) — strong family-tenant draw, lease renewals of 3-5y typical.
• Market conditions: 414 active listings in the ZIP; 2 comparable units currently listed for rent nearby; high-income renter base; 530 units permitted in Madison County in 2024 (120 in 5+ unit buildings).
• Madison County population projected at +4% by 2050 — modest demand growth; plan on rents tracking national, not racing it.
• Cap rate 4.1% vs local median 3.2% in Plain City — meaningfully above typical; check what's discounted (condition, days-on-market, listing class) to confirm the premium yield is real.

Questions for listing agent

• What do current leases actually rent for vs. the listed asking? Can we see a recent rent roll and the last 12 months of T-12 income?
• It's been on market 307 days. Have you received any prior offers? Is the seller open to a 27% concession, seller financing, or rate buy-down credit?
• Why hasn't it sold? Are there any deal-killer items the seller is aware of (foundation, flood, title, zoning, code violations)?
• Is there a deadline driving the sale (1031 exchange, divorce, estate, relocation)? That informs how much negotiation room exists.
• Schools are A-rated — typically a magnet for longer-tenancy family renters. What's the average tenant stay here, and is there a school-zone premium baked into asking?
• The area grade is low — what's the realistic commute time and amenity access for the typical tenant pool here? Any planned neighborhood developments (good or bad) we should know about?
• What's the average days-on-market for RENTAL listings here right now (not sales)? A rising rental-DOM trend means longer vacancies and softer asking-rent achievability than the comps imply.
• What's the recent tenant-quality profile in this submarket — average credit score on applications, eviction rate, late-payment / NSF rate, and stable-employment percentage? A property-management company in the area should have these aggregated.