You can always refi and cash out to purchase a second property later.

For me, I managed my own stuff at the beginning, and still do, to learn about all aspects of the business and I believe this has made me a better investor Will allow me to later seek out the best PM when I am ready to step back.  

I'll trade you my info for your info. pm me later

Bought one back in 02ish for 11,500 and sold it not even a year later for 42,000.

Later, when you know what you are doing, sure. 

We were very very careful to make sure this wouldn't happen because of all the interest in the property and it's common for people to pull these shenanigans to get a property under contract and accepted for a ridiculous price and then later back out and reduce the offer for the "appraised value" so we wrote a special clause into our counter proposal.On top of all this the roofer that I had hired took my $1k and ran off with the material money and also hired and scammed another roofing company that tore off the existing roof.

Fast forward 4 months and multiple lunches later, I was performing all kinds of tasks for him and soaking up as much of his knowledge and experience as I possibly could!

Ive had offers in for $15K below list price and they wouldnt budge, only to drop the list price 25k 2 weeks later. 

It makes no sense.Keep up it, and you can relax on the beach later in life while these people are struggling to pay their credit cards.Good luck!

I will be working in North Olmsted near Great Northern Mall soon for a new job.  Completely new to this area and would appreciate any advice:I expect to be there at least a couple years, and will receive some housing ...