Ultimately I am trying to gather data on approaches, methods and/or hone in on any patterns.

Building a website yourself is going to be more cost-effective and ultimately more efficient.

Not a very big margin when you're at that entry level price point of $90k-$120k.For more info on the other neighborhoods around Parma give The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods a read.

Like other people have said before, there is no right answer and ultimately you need to do what’s best for you!

That's why it's turnkey, it's a done for you operation, investor pays retail for the service, and it's a great service for the ideal turnkey investor, but it's not for the value-add buyer in growth phase.The Operation - Economies of Scale & EfficienciesThe bulk buying of properties is an ultimate advantage for a turnkey provider, this is the biggest value-add in the entire business model.

This means you can have access to the loans that would available to you in your personal name, and the lender cannot use the Due on Sale Clause to call the loan because the St Germain Act protects the Land Trust, as it is considered an estate planning tool.An experienced attorney should be able to help you identify strategies like the one above to help protect you, and ultimately save you time and money in the process.

Why even bother with the baby steps if the ultimate goal is to get into a larger asset? 

Figure out what you want and different strategies may be better for your ultimate goal.3) Unless you are actually wanting to replace your current job with another job, I would stay away from really getting into whole sale and flipping, I would steer towards buy and hold rentals.

For the past three months or so, I’ve made it a point to read at least two BP blogs every day, I finished reading The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, and just started reading The Book on Rental Property Investing, with several other BP produced books waiting on my bookshelf.

Ultimately you do need to think about what your short term and long term goals are.