Quote from @Yianni Hahalis: I'm looking to move to Cleveland within the year and get my foot in the door with real estate.

After a few years, you can rent it out and do it all over again.

As for starting a business, are you looking to start a "real estate" business or "non-real estate" business?

Quote from @Shiloh Lundahl: @Jay Hinrichs so it sounds like you don't feel like you got punched in the face by real estate over the past couple of years. 

There are options to work with the title company after purchase (60 days) to buy it with conventional financing and then shift the property into an LLC with a quitclaim deed to get the same effect as purchasing with your LLC but you get the advantage of better rates with the conventional loan.

Hi Dave, welcome to the real estate worldCollin, Denton, and Grayson counties are great picks with growing demand and strong rental potential.

You sell after 12 months and take no depreciation expense in the first year.  

After about 10 years I have accumulated a fair amount of small multifamily properties. 

If you're interested in real estate investing, whether it's flipping or maintaining properties for rental income, it's important to work with a private money lender.

Your title, “new to real estate” may offer a key.