Within the last 2 months, I've been approached by numerous investors asking if I do rent by room which I currently do not.

I've seen numerous QI's fail during my 40 years in the business, and most of the failures would have been prevented had their been government oversight. 

I’ve got numerous other examples.  

I acknowledge I made numerous mistakes, but I do think I have a lot working to my advantage here.

But, I have used this strategy numerous times when time was much more important than money to a seller.

While I could elaborate on numerous other areas, these highlights should give you a good starting point for your investment journey in Cleveland.

We are local contractors in the area looking to get our feet wet in the real estate investing waters.

Rud, Syndication deals (and crowdfunding deals which are essentially syndications that are allowed to market over the Internet) can be set up in numerous different ways.So there isn't going to be one single answer for this.To answer your question, I am not an accountant and you should always consult with your own tax accountant before making any investment decision.

As you mentioned, it depends on numerous factors, with pay history being a big one.

Wet signing the lease in person is the only opportunity to talk to the tenant about stuff that matters - so we quickly switched back.