Isn't that supposed to be the first question in real estate valuation?

It is supposed to be a 10 minute drive to the beach and about 30 minutes from the college which looked about right on the map. 

And I believed it... and agreed to wait until I get a new set.Meanwhile I had to put that house on the market and 4 weeks later from all appliances that I supposed to get, I got only a dishwasher for $200 from Phillip.During all this time Phillip was telling me that he knew owners of Menards, regional Home Depot's managers where he could get a returned merchandize at 30 cents on the dollar and he could sell me Hoedepot gift cards at 60 cents on the dollar.

Wow, well, first, sounds like you have an owner and a management company (PM) who is contracting for the maintenance and I suppose cleaning?

CLE is electric lately, it offers a unique investor position, you can define assets under $100k in suburban neighborhoods producing well over $1,000 month rent, I suppose it depends on your investment strategy.

I suppose one thing you could do if you just want to submit an offer with no proof of funds is print up the standard real estate contract for your state fill it out and fax it over to the listing agent and say you are representing yourself.

Success, I suppose, is a bit of a mind state.  

I suppose I could say I live there but am staying here because of the construction.  

So it's been 9 months since I was supposed to close on this property.  

If you aren't local, you will likely pay a hefty price for someone to deal properly with those headaches, thus eating up most of the supposed extra return from a "2%" property.