I would highly to help better understand the area zip code by zip code: http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/dawn-anastasi/inves...Hope that provides a starting point and feel free to reach out. 

1st thing to note is house flipping and owning rental properties are two totally different en devours.

Maybe an older house on land you could buy that eventually might be torn down and a new larger one built.You could also buy in a new subdivision stage zero and when finished out in a few years hopefully have some nice equity growth.I tend to not like areas that are EN VOGUE currently because of a stronger economy.

Below is a link to the county property tax rates.https://treasurer.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_treasurer/en-US/2017LevyImpacts.pdf

I am in the process of buying first property (Out of State) and was close to closing when I got en email from my lender(Bank of America) saying they could not approve my loan because of driveway encroachment. 

HI, @Elaine Lai, I'm a contractor mainly on the east side, @james wise, name comes to mind for a realtor on the west side, you can also do a member search for Cleveland, and find other Agents, and Contractors, here is also a link to the Cuyahoga County Forclosure Sales: https://sheriff.cuyahogacounty.us/en-us/foreclosure-sales.aspx   Welcome back, and Good luck! 

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The reason why I'm posting this is that there should be a legal database that's accessible in PA.You can try this webpage: https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/home.page.For me (and other investors) there's no need purchase leads from a lead buying service..

Water/Sewer rates I got from here (https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fin/su...).

If most people are flying to your destination, it's much harder to get 15-30 or more people together, and those larger homes stand less of a chance.While I've done a bit of research in Galveston, definitely not enough to answer your question.Another angle to consider if it's legal from a short-term rental and ordinance perspective, buy a home with a number of large bedrooms, and create exterior doors to each of them, put in a kitchenette with a microwave and mini-fridge, and rent them separately, in particular if most/all of them can have en-suite bathrooms.