Hayden StoecklinColdwell Banker Realty
Columbus renters & first-time buyers
Before you rule yourself out.
Running the real numbers for Columbus renters and first-time buyers.
The Numbers Call · 20 minutes · on the phone · free
Here's exactly what the twenty minutes are.
No pitch and no pressure to buy anything. You leave knowing what your next step is and who takes it with you.
- 0:00
Why now
What's got you thinking about buying, and when your lease ends. Everything gets planned backward from that date.
- 3:00
The money
What you pay in rent, roughly what you have set aside, a ballpark credit range. None of it is a judgment, and I'm not the one approving anything.
- 10:00
What you've probably heard
You may not need 20% down, and the cash it takes goes beyond the down payment. We go through both plainly, and your loan officer confirms what applies to you.
- 15:00
What happens next
I introduce you to a loan officer by name. They run your real numbers. Then we set a date to talk again, so it doesn't drift.
The one question when you book
What are you paying in rent right now? If you're not renting, what's your living situation?
Renting, living with family, anything else — it's where the call starts.
A first-time buyer's guide · Greater Columbus
What It Actually Takes to Buy Your First Home in Columbus
Hayden Stoecklin · Coldwell Banker Realty
Free buyer guide
Not sure if you're anywhere close yet?
For people renting in Columbus who keep wondering whether buying is even on the table. Every market number in it comes from the Columbus & Central Ohio Regional MLS.
- 1Start with the cash, not the payment
- 2What your budget actually buys
- 3What changes as you move up the ladder
- 4Sellers help with closing costs more often than you think
- 5How to pick a loan officer, and what to ask
- 6The eight steps, start to keys
- 7What quietly kills first-time deals
- 8Look it up yourself
Who you'd be talking to
Call me early.
I'm Hayden Stoecklin with Coldwell Banker Realty, New Albany/Gahanna office. I work with first-time buyers and renters anywhere in Greater Columbus, at any price point, inside an experienced team and alongside a loan officer I talk to constantly.
Two years out isn't too early. That's when there's still time to change the answer.
I won't tell you now is always a good time to buy, and I won't talk you into a house you can't comfortably carry.