Hi @Erica Calella, I also own an STR in the Western NC market so I'm familiar with the area. 

Higher prices leads to larger spread dont know about Cleveland schools.. but I can tell you on the West coast its HUGE monetary differences . 

Few tips I have been funding and buying out of state ( west coast) rentals since 2002.1. do not start with C and D class or let providers tell you they are C or agents its just human nature to puff this a little. 2.

Regarding "Solar farm land lease is generally very profitable," on the east coast at least, that is not necessarily true.

They’re buying oceanfront on both coasts.  

Nieto1- no2- most of Southern California, and east coast major financial / political cities - NYC, Boston, DCThese markets have always been good as they have high incomes and are desirable places to live.

Hey Paul, congrats on pulling the trigger on your first property.I'm also in CA (on the central coast) and invest out-of-state (Detroit).

We currently have about 250+ units throughout Western PA and personally, Appfolio is a great tool! 

Louis and I invest here as do a lot of my clients from Nashville and the coasts.

All done through govdeals.com At this point the easiest and simplest and least costly thing to do is to just go to your local attonrey that does real estate closing and Pay for a title commitment/  We call them preliminary title reports on the left coast.. get the report and read it.. usually cost 200 to 400 bucks.. we get them for free from our title companies based on our volume of orders we send them..