With careful research and property selection, it's possible to find properties with good cash flow potential.

Your advice will be invaluable in helping me navigate these initial steps and lay a solid foundation for my future in real estate investing.Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and for any guidance you can provide!

Yea it’s true you need an excuse but the right lender will take care of that for you so you’ll need to start having conversations with lenders and if they say you can’t do it move on from then.

I often provide a sheet of costs for certain cleaning/replacement items that will be assessed if they have to be dealt with at move out- Leave out that its making showing hard..... they dont care.

Start off by reading some books like The Hands-Off Investor by Brian Burke and Passive Investing Made Simple by Anthony Vicino and Gino Barbaro.

A read some articles that some rents may still be taxable which is fine.

Read the listing agreement carefully - you will be required to sign it in every state.7.

Read your post about the dangers of confronting tenants in default.  

I'm new to real estate investing and trying to learn how to get my feet wet and get into this field.I feel like from everything I read, I am not quite in the position to be as flexible with securing my first investment property (ie, married with some children, not wanting/interested in moving, etc).Would like to hear how people did come up with the savings/money down to use to purchase your first investment property. 

I’ve read some not great things about crime in Cleveland, but I imagine knowing an agent in the area would provide knowledge as to safer neighborhoods to invest in.