Just don't get cheap Craigslist contractors that are unlicensed and uninsured!

TN wasn’t a choice when I chose so I went with the low property tax, cheap insurance, no income tax, no weather, low maintenance, cheaper and newer inventory location that everyone is moving to. 

Interest rates: Since your rental mortgages have relatively low interest rates (2.99%–4.375%), it might be better to keep them as they are, especially since borrowing at those rates is pretty cheap compared to current market rates.

Just because the neighbor is a slumlord doesn't mean you should be too.Submeters are too cheap for you to have any excuse.

Find a cheap way to find sellers who need help, and then get busy serving them.

A few properties are still registered, you can check them here: https://aca-prod.accela.com/COC/Default.aspxIf you do not have a rental registration, you cannot evict, and eventually they're going to start throwing out fines.To get a rental registration in Cleveland Proper you will need the following:  - links attached 1.

The cost to run is negligible as fuel is very cheap as well as manual labour and materials are also cheap and we grow as much of it as we can.

Throw in a dose of imposter syndrome and fatalism and you have a recipe for some mood swings right before a property is booked again.From a practical point, I would recommend great photos, a clearly defined target to whom you are advertising and understanding the best pricing of an area really well to ake sure you get booked in a timely fashion.From a more meta perspective, be aware that these listings don't typically get booked well in advance (families displaced by flood or fire, traveling nurses who need a new contract ASAP, and construction projects that realize they need a speciality engineer on-site RIGHT NOW don't book ahead). 

You can buy duplexes relatively cheap here in Columbus, so they will cash flow great.

Then go to the Lowe's outlet in Avon and get a cheap set for less than $500 total.