Cleveland and Dayton can be great markets for high cash flow and low purchase prices, but you need to be careful when navigating the neighborhoods so you're not buying in a D/F class area where no property managers will manage and where you'll never see any positive cash flow.

I had to redo a bathroom last year in a 2/1 in an occupied duplex I own and I spent $6,004 in labor and materials (10% off at HD/Lowes as a veteran, just didn’t do flooring and left the old vanity, doesn’t include the damage the leak did in the lower unit). 

I bought a small pool of 4 loans for around $25k total, they were low balanced loans with in different situations (BK, FC and performing).

With only requiring 5% down the money needed is very low compared to the Cash On Cash return you could make on a small Multi Family. 

The vacation homes offered a low 10% down so that was helpful.

@Kristin MathernI would pay it given no keys were provided, it wasn’t specifically addressed/mentioned in your lease, you were provided the opportunity to address/fix yourself with a 25-30 dollar replacement from Lowe’s/Home Depot, and lastly, it was an existing situation that could have been avoided/prevented at move in.

But with inventory being low and you having a guest house, it might stand out.

Firstly, never underestimate the power of having low leverage on your property.

Cash flowing markets, low taxes, landlord friendly and large demand in renters. 

You basically have high growth and low cash flow Columbus OR decent growth and solid cash flow of Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati.