I frequent the MKE events.Leverage Your Skills: Highlight your project management expertise and strong contractor relationships when negotiating deals.

However, what I would suggest based on your expertise as a contractor is going into a semi-fixer upper and make minor repairs to boost equity as well as savings. 

You'd probably need to talk to a contractor and the City. 

I'm also open to flipping once I have some more funds on hand as I have some friends here I know that could help me with the right contractors to work with and start to make some money that way to get more properties.

Do you have 2-4 contractors that you've built relationships with who build similar homes to what you're looking to do?

As the owner of Oz Realty, I wouldn’t recommend any other property manager in Toledo to take you on.Most companies don’t allow landlords to use their own contractors for repairs due to internal operating inefficiencies. 

We have good managers, good contractors, good attorneys, and (if I do say do myself) some good agents.So... that's the good.The bad? 

If you are out of state, who connected you to the contractor and what references did they have?

If door knob break (giving a simple example), Doorvest will charge me the price of door knob + contractor fees (Doorvest will not collect additional fees for themselves).

I suggest interviewing teams of realtors, contractors, lenders, and property managers in each market.