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Fishers is a suburb just northeast of Indianapolis in Hamilton County. 

Originally settled by William Conner in 1802, Fishers only just transitioned from a town to a city in 2015 and has experienced rapid population growth decade to decade. 

In 2017, Fishers was named Money Magazines #1 place to live in the United States. 

As of 2017, the population was estimated to be around 91,832. 

According to City Data, the median household income as of 2017 was $113,560 with a median age of 35.3 and females making up a slight majority (52.1%) of the population. 

According to MLS data, the median home value for the last year was $276,313 and the median rent rate was $1,565.

When it comes to Indianapolis real estate investing, there are several different types of properties you can pursue. 

There's single family, duplexes, townhomes, commercial, apartment buildings, and the topic of today's discussion, condominiums. 

Every type of property investment has pros and cons, and condos are no different. 

Some investors will tell you condos are a great investment, and others will tell you they're the worst. 

It really just comes down to your investment goals and what you're looking for as a Landlord. 

Buyer clients frequently ask us if they should consider condos, and while we can't give a definitive yes or no answer, we can provide some pros and cons. 

Carmel, Indiana is a northern suburb of Indianapolis located in Hamilton County with an estimated population of 98,332.

And, before we go any further, Carmel rhymes with Marvel. Natives get pretty touchy about incorrect pronunciations. 

Carmel has some pretty big claims to fame, being named one of the best places to live in the United States for multiple years, by multiple publications. 

It's known in some circles as the "Beverly Hills of the Midwest."

Having rented homes over many, many years, you could say we have a pretty good handle on the Indianapolis rental market. 

It’s our business to understand it, to track it and to plan for it.

And we do.  

If you own or plan to own rental real estate in Indianapolis, it’s critical that you, too, understand one inherent truth about the Indianapolis rental market: Seasonality.

Seasonal meaning there are times of the year when it’s really, really good to rent your home and other times where it can be difficult to rent your home.

We understand that our market isn’t necessarily unique - many, if not most, markets throughout the United States experience the same thing - but it’s important to understand this important reality.  

So, we thought we would spend some time discussing seasonality in the Indianapolis rental market.

Noblesville is a city just north of Indianapolis in Hamilton County and interestingly enough, it was the home to the area's first log cabin dwelling in 1802. 

William Conner and Josiah Polk laid out what is now Downtown Noblesville in 1823, which was designated as the Hamilton County seat in 1824, and incorporated in 1851.

The land was originally purchased from Native Americans.

You may be rolling your eyes at the thought of a Property Management Company writing a blog about how hard self-managing rental properties can be.

We get the inherent and perceived conflict of interest.

But, to be fair, we've discussed in other blogs why property managers are definitely not the right fit for many Landlords, and that self-management can be the better option. 

However, there are some serious factors to consider when it comes to self-management, and we want you to be aware of those.

We've taken over management of numerous properties in the last couple of years - dozens and dozens, in fact - from Landlords who are just plain tired of self-managing.

And we can't blame them. 

Being a Landlord is a grind. We should know.

There are obviously pros to self-management - the main ones being full control over your investment, and no property management fees. 

But there are also some considerably demanding aspects that come along with it.

In this blog, we want to discuss 3 of the bigger challenges DIY Landlords face.