Maintenance at at PM company or one of the big hedge owners like AH4R, leasing at apartment complex will teach you a lot about applications, fraud, leases, collections, evictions. 

1) don’t forget, in LA you will have a VERY hard time raising rents more than 9% per year.

How long will it take you to accumulate the same amount of knowledge in Cleveland?

They will save you time and money. 

If you start reading the forum, you will get a good idea of what to look for. 

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

Similarly, if you put several Class D tenants in a Class A 4-plex, what do you think will happen to the property?

Being that you are a full time nurse with a baby on the way (Congrats by the way) time will not be on your side.

If the tenant stays, they will be on a month-to-month lease, which requires a 30-day notice.

IF you plan on going back someday, and this is the home you want to move back to, then renting it would be a good idea as long as you estimate that it will cover itself, or preferably, cash flow, which it appears that yours will at @ $2K or so per month (after expenses).