@Nicholas Nakamurain order to be successful, you will need to build a network on the ground in Ohio with people you know and trust. buying a random property on the MLS in unknown condition based on other people looking at it, and putting it under management with people you have never met, will not work, and you will lose money.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...so - what's your plan? 

Make an informed decision if you think people are properly trained?

CIREA is great but we tent to get just as many people and a ton of great energy. rootsrealty.co/events 

McElhannon: I'm curious on peoples go to approach to secure financing for an investment property - use a broker? 

People come here, buy, move away and try to keep the house as a rental.

What would people recommend I pursue, commercial or residential broker? 

I don't often see people talk about it very much on here at all.

On https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ you can also check the neighborhood crime and the percentage of people who rent compared to owning.

Wonder whether people have seen similar trends.I also wonder how people feel about Ashford WA, vs Packwood, WA.

Some people only want 10-20% of their outstanding lines/debt balances available while the other 80-90% to be in fixed rate notes.