Cleveland's strong rental market driven by a growing population makes it a great starting point ensuring a steady income stream.

Yes, you can absolutely purchase a property with a conventional loan and honor the existing tenant lease.In fact, many lenders view occupied properties favorably because it means there's a guaranteed rental income stream from day one.

With that said, a lot of management companies that are larger are constantly churning through what is essentially an entry level position, and I doubt there are that many folks checking the random person who goes just over 2 years before getting licensed.

We see it constantly here on the forum.

Since then, they've constantly come back with the same deal, presumably because the developer can't sell to anybody else?

They constantly "lost" emailed documents, dragging out the approval process.

So that one decision to rent gave us the leverage we needed to buy the next property and generate multiple streams of income.

Real Estate is the constant investment vehicle.

I'm going to be looking to get my realty license primarily to benefit my own investing ventures rather than actively looking to take on clients as a stream of income.

I'll give you three answers.For vendors it is ones that are not good with their money and they are constantly hounding you for money and/or do not do good work.For tenants it is ones that do not follow the lease and/or want every little thing repaired in the property.