Don't know why in the heck you are wanting to buy a 14 unit property across the country.

(Potentially even as far down as Sarasota)  I want gain some insight from those who have experience with this strategy in this area, or other areas of the country in general.  

How far outside of the county do you wholesale properties (winchester or eastern WV panhandle)?

Welcome to the highest property taxes (percentage) in our great country.

I have a friend who lives out of the country and wants to buy rentals here in the Akron / Canton Ohio areas.

I did an appeal myself, but in lake county which is on the eastern border of Cleveland's Cuyahoga county.

Well, we don't really need an Economics101 lecture about why the more extreme examples, LA and NY, are much more expensive than most of the rest of the country, right?

Especially since I live in the most expensive place in the country with astronomical taxes.

I am wholly unfamiliar with markets there, but I do know that in many European countries rental properties have been within families for generations rather than being contemporary purchases for the specific purpose of creating rental property. 

I have seen prices rise in many areas of the country, and interest rates have risen slightly (although I know they are still historically low).