Once you have a basic MO you'll be able to improve it and accelerate it. when you are 10 years from the goal starting slow is the last thing you want to do BUT 0 to 50 houses is hard to digest. 0 to 10 is much more comprehendible 

Let me digest and respond in the morning

Anyway, I'm wanting to join the STR cabin rental fray in Sevier County, and so I've been stalking @Julie McCoy, @Avery Carl, and @Lucas Carl, who intimidates me because he not only can digest thunderstorms, he seems to enjoy doing it.I come with questions.

Specifically looking at where turn Key investors are working, reading a ton of forums; Money and Kiplinger's magazine publish several articles a year that I digest about best cities to live in, retire in etc. 

So much to learn and digest, and I really appreciate the information!

Not what I wanted to hear but what I suspected to be the case...the repairs in this case definitely don't equal the purchase price...and I do max out the funds which will qualify for capital gains so the repairs will have to come from post-tax savings.From the little I researched it does look like an incentive geared more towards larger investors and I suspect will squeeze the opportunity out of these zones for the little players...I'm not even sure what make that census tract qualify since the market seem super hot as is...houses are back at 2007 prices yet get offers in less then a week.

Use Urine digester you can find it on Amazon. 

@Greg Yearwood quite a bit to digest there lol but that makes a lot of sense and appreciate your wisdom.

They are in a great location to downtown but they are small and next to a busy rail road tract.

Could also consider some Cleveland neighborhoods with a 'C' grade, such as some parts of Old Brooklyn or North Collinwood.I've created a comprehensive Area Guide with dashboards on the most common areas (neighborhoods and suburbs) for investing in the Cleveland area -- it includes grades for each census tract (objectively scored, only using publicly available data, and with a fully documented methodology).