Do you happen to know if that was 12 hours of cold calling random home owners, or cold calling a more narrowed down list of possible leads...owners of distressed properties, absent owners, etc.

Here is some info on Cleveland if you end up narrowing down on that market. 

Also figure out who you want your market to be, who do you want to attract to your properties, because that I think will help you to narrow down on where to buy in the LHV.

Lately, I've been absorbing as much REI knowledge as I can while I narrowed down my target market to Indianapolis, IN (I've lived there for a year some time ago). 

Since then, I've been educating myself with real estate in general and have narrowed my interests to buy and hold multifamily rental properties. 

I have been looking at a few places in the mid west and south, and I've narrowed it down to a couple cities that i  think I would want to buy.  

What personally do is go forward and back into the house. however, it is narrow so it maybe nerve wrecking for some.

@Mike McCarthy is right about the feasibility of cutting through a post-tensioned slab, as long as the tendons are located first, but no one wants to incur this expense and the builder can find another buyer.My wife and I have been considering a "light" fix: By cutting access panels into the bedroom wall to the left of the tub, we could move the faucet to the front and replace the narrow strip of tile where the faucet is now.

They are rabbeted in the very best tradition of foursquare work, and each of the 4 and 5-inch quartersawn trim boards has a wide single groove dadoed into its back (modern production trim boards have 2 or 3 narrow grooves, it's cheaper to do but doesn't work for trim quite as well).

I would suggest you figure out what your goals are and narrow down what type of property you want to focus on investing.