Quote from @Ricardo Lemus: For a newer investor, a good investment is a property that pays for all expenses with some cash left over.

They are great sellers, but then want you to pay extra pretty much for EVERYTHING!  

Quote from @JooYung Choi: You could consider going for a STR in a vacation market that will give you way more cash flow to pay off the HELOC quicker.

Keep in mind that all this time we were living with my parents paying them rent but saving/starving to score our next deal. 

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

That equals less than 1k per property.

In 2022 the rents increased 12.1% year over year which was the 3rd highest in the entire country per https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2023/02/14/cleveland-rent-prices.

The commissioner ordered me to pay the plaintiff over $9k plus her attorney fees.

It’s a newly renovated 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home, just one block from the ski slopes and four blocks from downtown.The current owner has been renting it out for $30,000 per month during the peak winter and summer seasons.

Ok, that could be as minimal as literally hours per year, like <10 per property.