This will lead to many of the professionals in the same industries who already are not doing that well to fall out of competition and hence be "replaced'.

Being able to shuffle leads from MTR to MTR is a huge bonus and you can benefit from the economies of scale faster. 

Any advice is always appreciated.I have been BRRRR-ing in Milwaukee since 2008, if you look on my BP profile page you'll find a video.

.- Most contractors will cut corners, or worse, once they figure out they won't be watched closely:( Your job will also go to the bottom of their priority list.Monitoring progress is relatively easy: hire that same inspector to go by weekly or before any payments to take a VIDEO of:1) What was done2) Quality of workmanshipOne other thing you didn't ask about, payments to contractors.- They all want 50% down or as much as they can squeeze out of you. 

What leads to the highest repair cost? 

Ha, huge fan, I just made a video about the book from Chris Voss!

As @Patrick Drury mentioned- the West Side does not have any POS areas (besides Lakewood, but it's only needed for previously non-owner occupied/rental properties) Something else to consider in Cleveland proper is Lead Safe Testing ..

It is not very difficult or complicated to evaluate commercial real estate, there are plenty of good books available that can teach you how, textbooks, online courses, community college classes, even excellent youtube videos etc, and it is actually quite enjoyable in the process to learn.

I get the general gist of it but also know it’s a little more complicated than the videos make it out to be.

I've noticed that going to brokers usually leads to the same wholesalers so it's not as useful.