Curious on what actual investors experience as the bigger cities like Cleveland, Toledo, and Columbus are discussed more often here.The best way to investigate areas?

Those willing to go beyond that could be good partners for real estate investors.Traditional banks/Local Banks and non-bank lenders - If they are a portfolio lender, meaning they actually hold on to the loan and don't just collect your payment, then they have the ability to be flexible.

I know I need to get a credit card and keep my utilization ratio low, but I wouldn't know much about the process of actually receiving a conventional loan from a bank or any type of loan.

They're listening to the people actually buying the house and enjoying the area.

Zillow actually is probably not a great resource for finding properties anyway. 

It will actually be more difficult for your agent to procure a buyer off market - so the work actually increases. 

Not on their actual services!

The landlord shall not commingle such moneys with any other funds of the landlord or hypothecate, pledge, or in any other way make use of such moneys until such moneys are actually due the landlord;(b) Hold the total amount of such money in a separate interest-bearing account in a Florida banking institution for the benefit of the tenant or tenants, in which case the tenant shall receive and collect interest in an amount of at least 75 percent of the annualized average interest rate payable on such account or interest at the rate of 5 percent per year, simple interest, whichever the landlord elects.

@Candice Coates I actually co-host since I still live in CA for now

It actually happens more often than you would think that investors end up with over 500k in capital gains.