It’s super important you prioritize the end product: something that gets the job done well as an STR.  

So could start with some community banks in Cleveland since you are local.Residential loans for the most part are serviced by Fannie Freddy but commercial loans can be much more diverse with their products so having a few options has always helped me a ton. 

On average, you will spend 10% of your income on maintenance per year.

Here’s a chart showing what percentage of an American’s average mortgage payment goes to taxes and insurance:Rising taxes and insurance premiums make real estate even less affordable for buyers already facing higher home prices and mortgage rates that rose ~150% in less than two years.

The Lenders tab at the top of the site helps with finding lenders by product and location.

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But you can't do that without investors assuming your average guy/gal and I don't think I'm cutout for that and that is a lot more hands on. 

They highlight the difference between the average home cost and the average home value suggested by the price of large institutional companies such as American Homes 4 Rent and Invitation Homes Inc.I suspect this is nonsense (especially as according to google their price to book ratio is positive). 

A 1031 exchange allows you to defer taxes by exchanging real property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment for other real property of like kind, which is also to be held for similar purposes.

I'm a 20x AirBnb superhost who realized I have more productive uses of my time than hosting directly.