Quote from @Jonathan Greene: How did you choose Cleveland/Columbus? 

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: Quote from @Chris Seveney: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Thats simply a good experienced agent doing proper representation for their client.Experienced agents know that many wholesaler dont close and that really negatively affects the listing and the sellers giving them false sense of security that they have a real deal.1.

Pictures from 2017 look promising but I left enough meat on the bone to do a lot of work if needed.Fingers crossed!

@Choon Yee DeeRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

David Greene wrote "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" which gives you a great tutorial, but I suggest looking at deals in the Midwest or the Southeast to allow your portfolio to get a good base of cash flow, and then once you are ready for some more appreciation focused deals, you can change your target markets.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: How did you come up with those markets and have you visited (or lived in) any of them?

Funny you mention the pilots license, for a long time I wanted to get my pilots license to fly helicopters, never ended up doing it but still crosses my mind every now and then. 

Hello all, we are very green in understanding tax strategies for STRs and we're trying to understand how/what STR tax deductions can be captured for primary residences. 

David Greene, Mindy, Scott Trench, Henry Washington, Chad Carson said hello to them all.

Quote from @Avrohom Green: I disagree with coaching as a beginner.