What type of neighborhoods are your SFRs in currently?

Columbus presents a little different type of investing from Cleveland but you can still find good properties that will give you some cashflow each month (not life changing but with your goal of 100 doors then it'll add up eventually).

Purchase price: $355,500 Cash invested: $75,000 Rental Property near community college What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Neighborhoods to invest in is a more subjective topic as that is often dependent on the type of investment you're interested in, your price point and even the type of tenants, if that's the route your going,  that you are trying to attract.

Establish what type of commercial real estate interests you most—retail, office, industrial, or multifamily—and develop a plan around that.

I'm also fairly skilled at remodeling and would love to rehab my next home but It seems realtors or lenders aren't convinced I can use a conventional loan for those types of properties.

If you are neighborhood agnostic, sure, but the type of property you are likely considering will look like an underwriting dumpster fire.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Also your permitting process, type or land, grade of land, if underpinning is required will all play a factor into your cost. 

.: Some of them are the type that believe people are inherently good.