They can be super helpful and a lot of them are aimed at beginners.Volunteer Your Time: Organizations like Habitat for Humanity are awesome for getting hands-on experience.

A higher quality property in a better neighborhood in a better city is gonna outperform any Cleveland property in the long run.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

These properties often have systems with about ten years of life left and are situated in neighborhoods with appreciating property values and rental income.The cash flow from a property largely depends on your down payment.

Setting it up as an LLC could also help keep things clear and organized.

I’m also in the process of reaching out to people in my city/neighborhood who are experienced REIs, RE agents, and GCs to get their insight and pick their brains, start to conceptualize potential partners, etc.

If you use rento-meter pull a pro report and look at the map of where the comps are and be cognisant of which neighborhood your subject property is in.

I think in a bad neighborhood as well.  

My guess is these are properties in lower tier neighborhoods.

Feel free to inquire about their staff qualifications if it's a larger organization.2.