I would encourage the use of a warranty deed to the situation that @Steve Vaughan mentioned above.

I'm new to real estate investing and looking to connect with local investor.Thank youWhat are specific goals? 

If a tenant (friend) needed to move, I wouldn’t want to be in a bad situation financially.

Cleveland, Ohio is a great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

Your property is fairly destruction proof, costs near nothing to maintain, yet you can charge above market rents.If your property is nicer (class B) where the carpet alone might be $6k or more to replace when the tenant spills hair dye everywhere, you won't be as happy as in the situation above.  

Happy to connect if you have any specific questions you are looking to get answered or just want a general run down of the investing landscape here.

Any luck on motivating realtors in the area to actually get operating expenses/lease agreements for Jackson County specifically George?

They are very up front about the whole process and all the details.Before I go on, I want to make it clear that I am a small time entrepreneur and am in no way affiliated with the Capital Syndicate, Awesome REI or anyone else associated with this course.I bought the Capital Syndicate course because I wanted to see if I could apply it to a specific niche market.I bought all the add ons because I wanted to make sure I gave it every shot to work properly and because they offered a 30 day money back guarantee. 

As it's designed specifically for out of country investors (Shenjumiaosuan / RENOSY). 

They might have insights on specific zip codes or pitfalls to avoid. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521