This is the fork where I'm not sure if I'd be good to get some CRE exp and invest in learning about how to review deals for the next 2-3 years, or focus on generating revenue for investment purposes and watch how things are done as a LP.My personality more aligns with networking, reaching out to people, connecting, navigating difficult situations and finding solutions that work.

So infilling an income gap via people who can disappear just as easily as appear seems short sighted to me. 

Mistake #3 was not having knowledgeable people around to be able to ask questions.

2) You MUST screen these people before renting to them, but you can use FurnishedFinders screening tool3) Otherwise, you can put your choice of screening link in your ad or include in a response template in FF.

While I doubt I'll be investing here (terrified that property taxes and the pension debt will ultimately cripple property values), I'm always interested in meeting new people.

With the cost of utilities and the level of comfort people feel is mandatory now there is no way I would want to be on the hook for it. 

Yes, you need a team, however you can't just assemble people together and call it a team. 

@Luisa MorejonA metric that most people don't factor in is headache factor. 

There are far fewer people per house. 3.  

The Ohio market is very strong and competitive, so people struggle to find deals with consistently great margins on flips, etc.