Paying $7500 - $10,000 to a CRE or CCIM for a full unbiased report can mean a difference of double or triple the ultimate value of the property.  

I am financing the difference between the existing mortgage and the sale price.

A lot of different strategies work very well in the Cleveland market.

I saw one post where someone mentioned using AppFolio’s bulk upload with a custom spreadsheet, but I imagine there are a lot of different ways people do this.I feel like I might be overcomplicating things, so I’d love to hear how others handle it.

If you are going DSCR (which you should only do if you do not qualify for conventional) then there are hundreds of different programs.

However, if you learn the different options available and then figure out what they really want, you can often negotiate a killer deal.

I love Hocking Hills and am thinking about doing something similar in a different remote part of Ohio. 

Well it's a totally different thing isn't it.

You probably also find a huge difference between SFR, Small multi and large multifamily.

It could be 50% high, 50% low or right on the money but no matter which of those three it is makes no difference.