Feel free to comment there.

Trust me, I have been there.I suggest you try to House hack in cities that you are already familiar with and have some connection with.Hire a great investor agent in that market and ask them all your questions and concerns.That I believe is the best way to get personalized advice tailored to your goals and lifestyle.You giving out Cleeveland and Toledo on your post will only attract biased opinions and advise.Only you know what you truly like, want, and can deal with.As Nicolas said, read this post and comments and hope that gives you a new perspective. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...Goodluck and keep us posted.

People will try and use it and comment on it.

The problem (as you have cited) is trying to understand what you need (you don't know what you don't know), where to get it, qualifying its source(s), and the validity and usefulness of all that.Pardon me if I've gone into this too much, but I meet many people with the same concerns that you are voicing and this is offered, as much as possible in direct response to your post.Please feel free to contact me if you have any comments or questions. 

If your goal is to make money, and you aren't finding deals that you think will do that, there are other things you can do.But more directly to your comment: 1. cap rate does not take into account appreciation.  2.

Thanks for your comments January! 

Your comment is one of the only ones that made me feel encouraged and not like I’m a failure.

I say, save your insults for posters who actually make "goofy" comments, rather than ranting about "checking accounts wasting away" and "you've learned nothing"!

@Kimberly Daniels @Wes Woodhouse @Ian Walsh Thanks for the comments, much appreciated! 

If there is a specific document you would like to see added next please comment in this thread so I can get it added to the list!