Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Ohio, investors own about 6,313 tracked properties across 328 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $324,000. 1,682 were acquired in the last 12 months.
328 cash buyers are active in Ohio, and between them they hold about 6,313 properties. That works out to about 5.1 deals per buyer in 12 months. Volume like that comes from professional operators rather than occasional purchasers, and a few names will dominate your pipeline.
The trend is upward: 1,682 purchases this year against 1,493 last, about 13% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
The median investor purchase lands near $324,000. The gap between that median and the $407,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.
Strategy here skews to buy & hold, which accounts for 45.9% of tracked deals. Because these buyers underwrite to cash flow, a credible rent figure moves a deal further than a renovation estimate.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2020. At 25.2% pre-1980, this is comparatively new housing — lighter rehab, fewer legacy-systems surprises.
Buying concentrates geographically: 44203, 44685 and 44312 take the largest share of investor purchases in Ohio, which makes them the obvious first targets before working outward through the rest of the state.
These numbers come from recorded purchases in this state, updated as new records land. They report what has already happened and are not a prediction or investment advice.
Drill into a county for its own buyer pool, pricing and ZIP-level activity.