In either case, the longer a property remains on the market, the more motivated the seller often becomes to offload it.Savvy buyers understand this and often target properties that have been listed for three months or more.

I self manage my properties and I screen tenants very hard to minimize these potencial situations.

I don’t care if you steal a property, high quality tenants will never sacrifice on being safe and feeling safe.  

Cleveland and Dayton can be great markets for high cash flow and low purchase prices, but you need to be careful when navigating the neighborhoods so you're not buying in a D/F class area where no property managers will manage and where you'll never see any positive cash flow.

If you had $50K in a Self direct IRA how would you leverage that to yield short and long term dividends? 

Quote from @Dylan Webb: Hello, here's my situation:My wife and I own several properties separately.2 of the single family homes combined we have conservatively $150,000 in equity ($90,000, $60,000) I want to use one of these as collateral for a small loan of $30,000 to put down on a high cash flowing property OR have a lender finance the whole venture at a purchase price of $160,000.

Look at what high interest credit cards you can get rid of, pay down, or move to zero interest promotion cards for say 15 months etc.

Since the high rent properties usually involve less work.

It’s worth considering self managing as a STR for depreciation benefits if the demand is there 

Looking to get skin in the game and broaden my pool of house hacking in a high cost area options.I'll be sure to contact you if I need help on some more specific details!