Looking to develop a network in Cleveland

[Jeremy Janszen]

Hi - I've been reading many of the posts here on BP and thought I'd jump in.  Great advice and knowledge from many of you.  Thanks!

I'm a long-term Clevelander and interested in getting my feet wet in multi-family apartment building investments in the Cleveland/northern Akron area.  I'd like to start building a network of recommended resources (brokers, PM, financial, etc.) in the area, plus peers and colleagues like yourselves to bounce ideas around with.  Any recommendations on key connections and resources is appreciated.  

Starting to dig in on neighborhood market research too.  I'm pretty familiar with some of the key neighborhoods around east and west Cleveland (I lived in Heights for 10 yrs and greater Cleveland for almost 20 years) as well as thinking about outer-burbs to the southeast (Twinsburg, Streetsboro, etc.).  Looking for any suggestions/advice about great areas to lock in on.

And, of course, keeping an ear to the ground for any deals worth investigating.  

Glad to officially jump into BP and start connecting with you all.

Jeremy