The majority of value added in an ARV is forced and not easily recognized.  

Also recognize that tenants sometimes break their leases and leave at other than lease end.  

By easy to finance are you saying that banks and lenders recognize that they are highly profitable and therefore will finance up to 90% or is there another reason why they finance easily up to 90%?

But Orlando is a year around, globally recognized destination.

There are many lenders that only need 6 months of ownership to recognize the income or consider the property "seasoned".The advantage of a HELOC if you choose to go down that route is that it is reusable.

However, I recognize that knowledge and experience are equally vital in this endeavor, which is why I am reaching out to this wonderful community for advice and guidance.If any of you have gone through similar experiences or have insights into the Ohio market or long-distance investing in general, I would be grateful to hear your stories and learn from your successes and challenges.

I then subtract the cost of the resurfacing from the cost of granite as I should recognize those savings due to installing the granite, this gives me my effective costs.

If you consistently analyze properties, it will be much easier to recognize a good deal when it shows up.

nice job, I think I recognize that house from before you renovated it

Anyone with kids recognizes the value there.