It's like splitting hairs on the differences an investor buying a handful of properties will make over the long haul.That said I think YOU would do better in Cleveland as you have roots here.

My wife and I recently just missed a bid on a duplex by a hair.  

With having a plan to purchase soon, I have been leaning towards the small guaranteed return of a savings account, although if I'd put all that savings into my brokerage, I'd be crushing it, but hey, hind sight is 20-20.Looks like Discover has cash bonuses and I have a card with them already but I'm not going to split hairs and just want something easy.

You can definitely try Airbnb but you will spend a bit of time turning the rooms (if you want to be top rated, it's important that not a hair in sight can be seen--I'm a Superhost myself and do it out of our extra bedrooms).If that's not up your ally you may just want to find a couple of roommates.Also don't forget to use the @ symbol to tag people or we may not know you replied :)

Dog hair everywhere even on my brand new sofa.Wife called Airbnb to see how to handle this since we are new and have had great recent reviews, since they obviously busted our house rules having more then max 6 guests, violated our no pet policy, and late checkout.So Airbnb gave us an $85 cleaning credit back to us, which I was shocked they would do.  

Purchase price: $150,000 Cash invested: $50,000 Sale price: $350,000 Used building as a hair salon, custom garment shop and rented upstairs apartment.All remodeling work done by myself.

The asking price was $125,000 which was pretty steep considering the all the hair on the deal.

Spend time in meditation/prayer,  reading, affirmation, exercise (done before 8:00 or my day is just off),  journal three things I am grateful for, 3 things that would make today great, this also acts as a journal.

I’m ripping my hair out trying to figure out the next step !!

However, the margin is thin - good for homebuyer, not so good for investors.Luckily you can still get the 1% rule around here by a hair, but 8% Cap rate, etc, good luck!