I own a number of STRs and need the WiFi connected to monitor things like the HVAC (occasionally guests need help with settings), propane tank levels, etc.

Is your friend a sales agent who manages property on the side, or does your friend own/work for a property management company but also occasionally sells?

New to the topic and looking for a 6000 pound vehicle for my STR business to haul consumables and occasionally bigger items. 

There’s not many larger 5-6 bed homes there, but they occasionally pop up and can sometimes be a home run.

Usually, they don't bite, but occasionally they do.

When I went to work for this company 3 years ago I let them know that my real estate came first and that the calls wouldn’t be often but I would have to take them occasionally.

But there are some beeeeautiful suburbs & Clevelanders really love their city & aren’t all about to pack up & abandon it & move to the sun belt, despite what census data says about the inner city of Cleveland.Go visit in person & actually speak with people & you’ll see that they love the Midwestern charm of Ohio, and they love their cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati & Columbus, and they love their sports teams (yes, even the Browns have a rabid following after 30 yrs of misery - that should tell you something about Clevelanders’ loyalty to their great city right there) and they especially love Buckeye Nation... and they’re not even thinking of mass migration to Arizona despite what the occasional headline in USA Today says :)

I agree with your assessment on those.Recently I am mostly buying by tracking down owners of distressed property, from website leads, or occasionally from road signs.But I went to a seminar on Saturday and there was a wholesaler there doing 10+ deals a month, getting almost all of them through direct mail.  

Mostly for paperwork and some data sorting / occasional cold call.

I get sent so much garbage from wholesalers thats higher then would even sell on market but occasionally newbies get suckered in and buy from them thinking off market means below market.