Regardless if you are right or wrong it was hard for me to read.

So ended OK for me.

A brrrr deal would be perfect for me.

I doubt we will buy off the MLS but I am trying to find a good way to visualize MLS data so that I can plan our next purchase and get a "steal" that I will have instant equity or rehab for equity with the goal of getting a decent HELOC going.Because real estate values are so location based, it is hard for me to process the data on a spreadsheet, because I'm constantly trying to project it onto a map in mind.To know if what I'm looking at is a deal, I would like to be able to see $/sq.ft. data visualized on a map with either current listings or preferably sold properties. 

You can spend as little as $100 to form an LLC, or you could use an attorney and spend $1,000 or more.

The time has come for me to start investing in real estate and before doing so i'm looking to build a strong and dedicated team of partners: agents, lenders, contractors and property managers mainly in the Cleveland area (but also open to markets within a 2-3 hr drive away) that already possess an excellent track record in their line of work and that value long term collaboration.

You can spend as little as $100 to form an LLC, or you could use an attorney and spend $1,000 or more.

If these continual expenses are not made  you end up with slum properties renting for a minimum weekly rate to transients.I don’t know your properties so I can’t form a specific opinion; however, based on the information you’ve shared I trust your opinion and knowledge.  

But I also like it because my team is there, available, to do other things for me. 

This is a first for me, so I'm not sure whether there's a protocol or this isn't my responsibility.