Quote from @Michael Lam: Hi All, I'm an out of state investor looking to start a rental portfolio in the Cleveland area for small multi families (2-8 units).

Quote from @Anil Shah: It's unfortunate Raleigh-Durham didn't make your cut of 13 cities but Charlotte is definitely the city to choose in NC if your want the city feel.

As others said out of state can be more challenging based on location but local or out of state both can be done. 

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Does anyone have any experience with short term rentals in PCB? I would like to know if I could create cashflow from a studio apartment across from the beach. I don't know the NOI of a STR. I am trying to enter the sp...

Hey Lee, Ohio's a great state for landlords but different cities offer different opportunities. 

We are both out of state investors.

If you are taking out a conventional mortgage of any kind, you can't buy in the LLC as it does not have two years of tax returns.You are also asking if an entire state is good to buy multifamily, which means you are too soon in the process to even talk about buying.

Warn them that you will report them to the state commission if they attempt to charge you or refuse to comply with your demand.3.

There are several ways to find out which cities/areas cash flow and get a good idea of things like market rents, ARV potential, and future appreciation.