More important than identifying target areas is establishing relationship with a local investor-friendly professional who has personal experience in investing in Cleveland.

If you have a PM that is stealing from you, they probably have all sorts of ways to prevent you from knowing that.I would be surprised if any licensed property manager is misrepresenting the rental amount on the statement.

•If your real estate broker’s license allows you to handle evictions, advertising low-cost eviction services can be one of the best lead generators.

The licenses are easy to attain and the cities have departments designated to STR.   

The best advice I can give you for studying for you license is to voice record yourself reading questions and answers on notes cards.

What's his home improvement contractors license?

Validate their Legitimacy:Ensure the company is properly licensed and regulated, particularly if you're working with private lenders.

As long as you follow the two-year holding rule and structure the deal properly, you should be able to move forward, but I’d highly recommend working with a tax pro to ensure compliance.Disclaimer: I’m a licensed real estate broker associate in Florida, not a CPA or tax attorney.

If I have several options, I would prefer a HELOC with no initial draw requirements (i.e. to establish a literal line of credit that I have no specific short term plans to use), i.e. not something like the better.com HELOC. 

With commercial office space starting to return, I am interested in establishing a syndication group that would be willing to invest capital into commercial office buildings.