Jake Ryan is a real estate agent, investor, and operator specializing in luxury homes, development land, and income-producing properties across Hocking Hills and Greater Columbus.
Jake Ryan is a real estate entrepreneur and investor specializing in luxury real estate, development opportunities, and investment properties across Ohio. His strongest markets are the Hocking Hills region and the Greater Columbus area, where he works with buyers and sellers every day.
What sets Jake Ryan apart is that he is not just an agent. He is an active investor, builder, and operator who has put his own capital to work in the same markets where he represents clients. He has analyzed the deals, run the properties, and built from the ground up.
That experience shows up in the details: how a property is priced, how a cabin will actually perform as a rental, which land is worth developing, and where the Columbus suburbs are heading next.
Today Jake Ryan represents buyers and sellers across Ohio communities, from luxury cabins near Old Man's Cave to family homes in Dublin and New Albany, pairing deep local knowledge with an investor's discipline on every transaction.
Jake Ryan founded Book Hocking, the largest short-term rental management company in the Hocking Hills, managing hundreds of cabins and vacation rentals across the region.
Running that operation means Jake Ryan understands the numbers behind an investment property, the day-to-day realities of hospitality operations, and the long-term vision behind a development. When he advises on a purchase, the advice is grounded in ownership, not theory.
Underwriting deals the way an owner does: cash flow, cap rates, and what the property will really return.
Pricing and positioning income properties to perform, informed by operating hundreds of rentals.
First-hand knowledge of what it takes to run short-term rentals at scale in the Hocking Hills.
Guiding projects from raw ground to finished build, including luxury cabin construction.
Sourcing and evaluating development land across southeast and central Ohio.
Knowing the buyers in each market and presenting properties to reach them.
Investors, developers, high-net-worth buyers, and short-term rental owners. Many of his clients are entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors searching for income-producing properties in Ohio.
Whether you are buying a luxury home, selling, or building an investment portfolio, Jake Ryan will bring the numbers and the local knowledge to the table.
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