Then take care of the good ones, on the spot with repairs, good communication etc, relationships are more important than $. 

@Michael EalyYou bought that in 2011.I know I could post multiple similar wins for you that I had in Florida in 2011.But I won’t bore you.You live in Cincinnati.I live in Jacksonville and bought my Cleveland buildings in the past 18 months.Read my blog again and then read @Jay Hinrichs comments above.We are trying to inform newbies and out of state investors, not savvy locals like you.The post is not to say it’s absolutely impossible to make money in Cleveland.It just points out blind spots that’s often papered over by local stakeholders who sell Cleveland and cheap Midwest homes to uncanny out of town investors.Information doesn’t hurt.Especially if it’s open and balanced like in this forum where it’s free to hear both sides of the story.I hope you get the difference.

You can put them across the window in two spots, so if the cat does push on the screen, it won't pop in.

Jeff is spot on.

Zillow finds out tomorrow.If I can get a client in right away - and BEFORE the open house - we can submit an offer on the spot with a 6 hour expiration. 

My strategy is normally off market deals with a discount attached to them, so I have never found a sweet deal to move up into and I do not want to pay way too much for the next deal up the ladder.

C" Neighborhoods are the sweet spot.   

You can find some sweet deals there, just line up your property management beforehand.

Meaning, you can go to the local car dealership, show you are a millionaire on paper, but can you actually afford the most expensive vehicle on the lot in cash, on the spot, with a same day purchase? 

My first agent was in her 70's, a super sweet lady, she looked like grandma from a cookie comercial.