We work with many well-known financial and real estate vendors who have also vetted and trust our program. 

Best wishes to you as well! 

.- The inspections are only 5 years, but tenants are not likely to take care of them home as well as you, and refurbishing hardwood, lath and plaster, and anything else is going to be much more expensive than the typical Landlord special (white paint, and grey LVP)It will all come down to making your numbers work.

As far as meetups go, you can find a lot of local events posted here on BiggerPockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I also have a list of Chicago meetups that I can share with you as well.

Renovation work throughout both apartments, gutted and refinished the basement as well as extensive work in the private backyard.

We also had a transient tax and municipality as well.

I have a few friends that do MTRs in the Denver area and they are doing well. 

I'm fairly new in the industry as well, and most of the sources I've checked at first require a subscription (CoStar, WSJ), but I found this newsletter called Zeroflux Real Estate who consolidate real estate news from such sites.

I also agree that Akron is a viable area as well, but Im still finding the best deals in and around Cleveland.

I often connect with others on BiggerPockets as well — it’s such a valuable platform!