Questions like: how long their units have been vacant, do you or the residents pay utilities, how many tours have you been giving each week, how much is your application fee, etc.You can obviously customize the questions to fit your needs.

These include (but not limited to) mortgage payments, taxes, insurance, utilities, HOA fees, etc. that occur during the Rehab period and up until the property is fully rented.2. 

I also ask about the utilities and which are on separate meters.

I'm in the Bay Area so a bit tough for me to hang out in the area for extensive period of time. 

As long as I’m in LA with decent Tenants paying the total mortgage and utilities I’m perfectly fine with anything I can get “easily.”

I know many investors that do great with SFRs.One huge benefit is that you can offload ALL expenses, like lawn care, snow removal, and all utilities.

It’s probably easier to just raise the rents to cover your utility costs or look into electric heat pumps.

Utilize your strength and go for it.

I'd just ask what condition the property is - if it's not turnkey then the 5% for capex, maintenance may be too low (and I agree with Cade that vacancy should be bumped up a bit too) - 8% is where I'd start with those three, being as conservative as I am.Who is paying utilities and associated costs? 

We are coming down next week to look at some projects in Philadelphia from Monday to Wednesday but we will be driving by Cleveland after that.Or you yourself or do you know of any entrepreneurs, active developers, or people who do have extensive knowledge of the Cleveland real estate market for investing?