For Cleveland specifically you guys are going to want to read The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods before making any buys.

This way you can start up grading your portfolio with hopes that it will bring more income. 

Learn what an investment grade property looks like and then spend your time and available money trying to locate one so your mentor can show you the ropes.

If you google your name you come up as a 4th grade teacher in PG county. 

Thanks in advance.Is it morally right for everybody in 6th grade to get a trophy for showing up?

I have had this issue since (haha) sixth grade, and I am a sophomore this upcoming school year.

If it goes dark you need to make sure location is good.NN, 8.3 cap, 3 years left primary term is a loser to me.I have seen batteries plus, banks, dollar stores, etc. take over the rare pharmacy location that goes dark.Roof is flat and if A/C etc.is old to replace roof and mechanicals is tens of thousands of dollars or more.

@Ian Fisher Keep in mind that cap rate expectations changed substantially based upon property grade.  

Just due diligence alone is tens of thousands of dollars and then you have title, attorneys fees, lenders fees, and on and on.There are some situations where you can buy a pharmacy for 5% down that has no annual increases in the primary term of the lease when you hit a certain DSCR on a BBB- plus credit tenant but you still have to qualify as a borrower and those properties are one in a thousand.Let's play out theoretically that you could buy a property with 2% down.

Outside I make sure my gutters are clean and downspouts/run-off are graded away from the house.