Investing in Single Family homes in Akron/OH

[Sri Voodi]

RE Gurus,

Recently started looking to invest in Akron/OH for single family homes. They seem to have good number of properties under 100K built in and around 2000's. We are out of state investors. Any advice from local or OOS investors who are currently invested? Any out of state investors who are invested in Akron? How has been your experience so far? How is your Property manager - ok or terrific? How much do the PM's usually charge? In state of OH can a real estate agent be a property manager too? Any personal PM recommendations whom you worked with? Currently looking at Zip codes - 44307/44307/44320. What do you think of these Zip codes?

Any insights and hand on experiences are welcome. Thanks guys