I'm located in the Southern California area...Orange county to be exact.I would love to see a copy of financial statements from someone in the industry, so I can simply see a example of what type of expenses & margins I can expect.. 

Select the Tenant Segment FirstStart by identifying a tenant segment with a high concentration of reliable people.

Start, by identifying where in Cincinnati you want to purchase a property.

ONE many investors simply would never qualify for a loan from a Commercial / community bank and the full loan doc process..

For instance, in your example (btw, we have had multiple occasions where this happens in the past few years) if you paid $200,000 for the house, put $40,000 into reno, and then closing costs, commissions, etc. were $15,000 you would simply add all this up and that is your basis in the property.

I'm simply looking for advice from people seasoned in this field and to try to continue gaining as much knowledge as possible.

I'd definitely recommend not going with an LLC in CA simply due to the franchise tax and the admin burden here.

We encourage you to get an inspection report to identify all these items so we have the chance to go in to address them. 

Perhaps someone can tell me if it is alright to simply post here the contact info for George our consultant.

Sometimes that is pulled in through our analysis of the guest reviews where Airbnb will identify if a guest stayed as part of a group or with kids, but that is completely dependent on their accurate booking of the rental.