My cleaners (small independent woman, sister and friend) swap  to a laundry service.  

There are different areas that have great schools and amazing ROIs.

I love the motivation man, here in San Diego as well if you went into 6 escrows in your first 7 months you already did better then 95% of people who start in real estate so give yourself a hug, Dont get frustrated, my quick story i wasnt the best agent at the begging I work 3 years and sold about $2.5M total, so not great, but after college I went into private equity and killed it now, I am a consultant and put deals together and do investments on my own so I just think 7 Months is not enough to really know your niche, I have a partner that was a real estate agent for 42 years and did amazing he says every year was like starting from scratch, so thats just one mans opinion best luck and just be patient, Who ever think they can get rich quick is not really rich as my mentor used to say. 

It always amazes me that people think real estate investing is somehow unlike all other business out there.  

Then I need an amazing PM that can manage it for an out of state investor. 

A difference of literally 1 street can make the difference of a kid getting his milk money taken so that someone can buy crack, and a quickly appreciating area filled with up and coming artists, organic, earthy/crunchy Hipster types and amazing organic restaurants and bakeries.   

I can tell you first hand that Cleveland has an amazing ROI.

Columbus is an amazing city of investing.

Definitely an amazing community!

Prices are steep and seem to keep climbing even though demand here for rental property's is amazing.