After living through the GFC and the shrinking market for local banks, they saw an opening in the market for what they call "consultative banking" like they had years before and decided to start a bank.

Many of my landlords saw income increases after hiring me because I brought them up to market rates.Time & Stress Savings for Investors: A PM will handle the work so your time is free to focus on family, hobbies, growing your portfolio, etc.

- Will they search for off-market properties for you?

To Your Success!

At what point do you start marketing?

I am not an expert on your market but I will give you some advice that should apply well tov most any market:1.

.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success  

Don’t get me wrong, some people have been very successful with OOS the last 10 years, but today is a very different market from 2012-2020, and I think you owe it to yourself to understand what can go wrong.

My lawyer suggests in a situation like this that I give them a notice that I am the new owner and that as of a certain date they owe market rent of $X,XXX.

Cleveland wouldn't be my market of choice given how old most of the houses are, but I know a lot of investors who have success there, so it's definitely viable.