@Diana Mulvihill I would say use the authorities as the middlemen unless you know the owners and are comfortable meeting in person.

Have been talking about getting into real estate investing for the last 2-3 years and finally pulled the trigger on a 3 unit house hack in Soulard that will be closing later this month and will be self-managing the property.I'm trying to network a bit with other investors, build a solid team of contractors / handymen, and set my systems up in way to scale, but also so my tenants have a good experience.

Maybe things are changing, but in my experience rural southeast means mobile home housing, not SFR housing.

What have been your experiences?

I mean I got financially wiped out personally..

It’s in Douglas county I believe, super curious if anyone has experience with any red tape there!

Some won't accept personal or business checks. 

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He really is a proactive person.

It's important to me to know other like-minded people with similar goals, who are going through similar things...so I would love to meet some other Cleveland investors to hear about your portfolios and experiences in Cleveland (especially those in the 44102 zip).