That said, I’m also open to other investment opportunities (especially those within a reasonable driving distance of Austin).I’d love to connect with anyone who has strong knowledge of the Austin / regional market or experience with similar investment strategies, so feel free to reach out.

It's easy to speculate without having any first hand knowledge of the area, but with the way the home values and rents in neighborhoods like Ohio City and Tremont have skyrocketed over the last 10-20 years and the way downtown Cleveland is growing, I think long term this is a good area to invest in personally.  

As a client, I need to trust a service that I don't have much knowledge about.

Why wouldn't you do that knowledge seeking prior?

What is a "luxury" for us is I am in real estate and my wife is in finance - so we both have experience and knowledge in each side of things, so it gives us some confidence when we reallocate that atleast one of us "knows what they are doing" - if that makes sense. 

if something is just sitting on the MLS looking too good to be true... then it's too good to be true.these properties are going to have higher costs overall, be in more challenging neighborhoods, have very gnarly deferred maintenance and capex, potentially have liens, be high turnover, and require expert, highly knowledgeable, localized support to be successful. see for example this thread.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...and even at those price points, i think cash flow is fairly low to non-existent if rehabbed to a high grade, especially with DSCR debt. 

I'm currently soaking up all of the knowledge I can and I'd love to make connections! 

Self-management is a good thing, as long as you have the skill set and knowledge to do it properly.

Its all about knowledge. 

Real estate requires a certain set of knowledge, skills, and abilities.