No maintenance/cap ex, vacancy, PM, book keeping, asset protection, miscellaneous, etc.his actual cash flow when properly allocating for sustained expenses is a fraction of his advertised cash flow.  

Granted there is a cost in hiring an agent, Having someone analyze each deal with localized knowledge is worth its weight in gold.

So your saying select No Damage Protection and just submit an extra charge when it's warranted? 

Only other initial question I'll leave here is that I'm looking for REI mentors and hope to find a few on BP willing to share a few gold nuggets to those willing to slog it out in the mines the smart or hard way.

Akron is a very blue city and are not very landlord friendly - source of income protections, etc... 

I was a relatively happy Quest Trust Company Gold Family client for over 10 years.  

Unpopular opinion since I know you're trying to buy the next property, but keeping your equity in a deal is gold.

An LLC is useful for two things: anonymity and legal protection.

East Village, Gold Coast area?

I have heard that it's a good idea to form an LLC as an added layer of liability protection.