The questions I have are....What methods of lead generation has been the most effective for you in Cleveland?

In some situations, the lender’s analysis may determine that using alternative rental income calculations or using lease agreements to calculate income are more appropriate methods for calculating the qualifying income from rental properties.

If RE is the way you want to invest, I'd recommend one of 100 other methods to invest in RE, especially starting out.

Cash flow is my end goal, but in order to reach that point where I can afford those kind of properties I'm left with the method mentioned above unless someone can give me any better ideas.Please, anyone reading along this thread; would you please give me some pointers if my mindset is not in the right place or there is a more optimal route I can take.Ideally, I'd like to keep my potential business partner because of the fact that he would cover any labor costs in the present as well as in the future and is giving me full control of the property in terms of tenants, decisions on holding / selling, and what to do to properties in order to appreciate their values.

From my understanding, this is what I'd like to explore: a hands-off investment in Real Estate.Where can I search for such groups?

You want to evaluate the different kind of financing available to you and what each method of financing offers you. 

I am a newbie and have been exploring my options with regards to funding my first investment property.

This accounting method lets us sleep better at night knowing that we didn't over-pay for that location, and gives us significant cushion incase of a blow up.

Is there a way to filter out these people on listsource (or any method to get this fixed)?  

I'd go back to the first way that you were doing things, sounds like it was working and the new method isn't.