@Victoria Hogan you're panicking because you don't have enough data to understand what's going on!

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Calling all you data nerds out there to help me.

I am in Ontario Canada, but looking to explore the Ohio market due to its proximity to Toronto and very attractive cap rates. 

Some companies specialize in cost segregation, which may be worth exploring or directing this question.

While you’re getting acclimated, feel free to explore the platform.

Things like landscaping/snow removal and labor cost for repairs are going to be highly variable based on your market so you'd need to do your own research on the going rate by either talking to other local investors, running your own google search, or exploring basic services on thumbtack/angies list etc. 

If house hacking is not an option, you can try out-of-state investing and check markets you are comfortable exploring.