Hire correctly and your rentals should be very hands-off.

Start cold calling brokerages

If not, how do people typically get started with their first deal?

They can pay that easily with cash on hand without even increasing dues.

Mortgage rates started to drop last week and they are looking much better as they trend down.

It pays to start learning how to use these systems, so you can conduct your own eviction searches and local criminal checks before run national checks on people.

I am looking to gradually start buildling my team again and would appreciate solid references  for the following specifically in the Cleveland, Ohio area :- Investor friendly real estate agent - small bank lenders/ private lenderes- inspectors- appraisers- contractors Thanks in advance, and happy hunting :)

First I'd start with finding who the seller of C4D is.

You could start an event on BP or meetup dot com.  

I would like to start a conversation about buying lots inside HOAs so I can learn from your experience.