There are ways to optimize others' capital and talents without a full blown partnership. 

What @Ken Latchers said, you also need 3M talent.What's 3M talent?

If one intends to be in the REI biz then they need to do the hard work of educating themselves so they can ultimately assess where their unique talents best fit into this industry.  

There is lot of talent in these forums, and we're happy to help out.Continued success!

You should look up the parable of the talents (Matthew 25: 14-30).

The educated talent is not there and $4+ gas has stripped away any cost savings they originally realized.

I love my job but would like to eventually do rentals full time.There is a lack of talent and experience when it comes to a trades.

Allow me to have a better understanding, are you stating that Cleveland actually have a lot of high tech jobs but unable to attract talents?

The right company will be looking for someone with talent and work ethic who they can teach the skills of property management. 

Employers are starting to pay their people more for retention, and to attract new talent, because employment rates are high, but talent is still in high demand.Home prices in Denver have been increasing at a pace of about 10% year-over-year for the past 5-6 years.