@Michael AddisonIf you're just getting started in Cleveland I would recommend being in areas on the West Side of Cleveland like West Blvd, Cudell, Old Brooklyn, Clark Fulton, Edgewater, Jefferson, and Brooklyn Centre.

What areas do you recommend for airbnb in particular?

Pop into the forum just on flipping and you will get a ton of value just from reading.

I’m temped to order an appraisal this month, or does that seem like over kill and do you recommend I sit back and trust the real estate process?

But shoot me a PM, I got a few recommendations. 

I highly recommend them! 

If anyone needs a private lender I recommend Andrew and his company; easy to work with, quick closing, flexible terms.

@Jeanette LandI always recommend using a tax professional.

Transcribing transactions from bank statements, posting transactions to the correct accounts, and then manually creating an income statement, statement of owner's equity and a balance sheet is a fairly time consuming process and I have not been able to keep up with the book keeping between my regular work responsibilities.What accounting software do people recommend? 

But I can't recommend something I would not do as an investor myself, so here it goes:1.)