The few investment properties I've seen advertised through this forum that were in this region I know from my familiarity with their areas were not good buy-and-hold properties.  

RITA (an ever-growing list of cities that require anyone with any income from them to not only file and pay the state income tax, but to also pay this Regional Income Tax Authority.)I have properties outside of the Cleveland metro which are under RITA, but they don’t have the other layers of government oversight (at least as far as I know.

Tough thing is that there are very few reasonable duplexes in the Philadelphia region under $500k.

Maybe you’ll even be lucky to find one that can go up to 80% LTV/CLTV.Check with your local credit unions and regional banks.

At the 2-4 units level, you have access to FHA, VA and other low-down conventional financing products (varied by region and financial institution).

I am looking for any suggestions on realtors to use for our new search, primarily focused on the north west region of Indiana. 

NYC and Toronto are two right off the top of my head.

You may want to look around the forums and reach out to some even if they are not in your geographic region.

If you go to mid market or regional players then your entire portfolio is likely a rounding error on their balance sheet. 

I currently own a  town home in Peel Region (for those of you who don't know the GTA it is North-West of Toronto) and a condo that is currently under construction located in North Toronto. i have been fortunate enough to make some extra profit in the stock market (thank you cannabis stocks) and am looking to use those profits for another potential rental property.