You can usually find some events by doing a simple google search.

Your MLS should have some kind of key word search.

@Theresa Hansen If you do some searching with keywords on here you will find loads of conversations with recommendations. 

You can ballpark it here:https://www.servicetitan.com/tools/hvac-load-calculatorCould probably get away with 2 well placed mini splits.

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.

Renting in these areas with a roommate or two will likely be less expensive than PITI in the 'less fun' suburbs.If you do decide buying when you move down here, I'd take a few trips and spend a week or so down here to help narrow the search.

Without being a licensed mortgage professional some of these tools would not be available or more likely at the disposal of the marketplace and the 'research' or relationships they've cultivated with statistically limited mortgage experience..even as a professional great mortgage brokers and companies are hard to find...With 65%+ of residential transactions still involving a loans, real estate professionals with expertise in real estate financing will deliver enhanced value to their clients.  

They are very different and believe that's often lost in thought process as well because utilizing debt responsibly is a valuable tool in real estate.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

There are quite a few in Cleveland but all of the ones that I know of are all findable through a Google search.