Welcome Joshua, I work the Atlanta market.  

That seems to be harder in Cleveland than in our other markets.  

basically if anyone has any tips when it comes to researching plots of land in order to make the right purchase i would greatly appreciate it get with a realtor. we underwrite land at no more than 10% of after built value. in our market we build under the average new build value which is about 515k. we like to be around 420-450k and smaller footprint about 1500 sq ft with attached garages. we build close to urban core where everyone wants to live and net migrations match up. but suburban is fine. if you give more context I can help but in most markets land is a buyers market. most people aren't looking at it or buying it. 

Furthermore, @Dave Meyer has a YouTube show/podcast on market trends for your reference.

North Idaho has good markets if you are in Washington and Boise or Eastern Idaho if you are in central Oregon.

I'm happy to share my experience with this market if you'd like to message me to set-up a call. 

If have investment property, we are looking for relatively updated units (we are ok doing some work ourselves), class C+/B tenants, with rents either close to market rate or that can be increased.

I would absolutely counter with a price closer to market and see how they respond.

The cost of the program is 35K upfront and then approximately $3500/mo for all marketing.

Higher DemandThe rental market is shifting.