The people who are selling are interested in being a part of a JV on the development, and my friend found someone who is interested in the property.

There's probably 20 people a week that would call them and take an hour of their time if they didn't charge.

They kept promising they were going to pull through and they would put their best people on it. not a single lead came in for a month after promising 20-40 leads per month.  

Some people say don’t do it, but I paid off my 60k I used from my HELOC 5 years ago with my Cashflow and I profit $6200/month and ended up with 8 houses from my first two houses I used from the HELOC.

For example, if your lease expires 12/31 how many people are actually going to be motivated enough to move after the holiday season and in the midst of winter?

Lots of people are successful investing in Cleveland, Ohio

If people think things are getting better, I have some swamp land to sell you.

What I usually tell people is go look at the profit margins of the big public builders like DR Horton, Taylor Morrison, toll Brothers, lennar etc..   

Check out Ohio people from all over the world are investing in Ohio's real estate.

So its good to team up with good people to help you build up a good foundation so you have the best chance of success with people and systems.