Quote from @Noam Ben Nun: Check out "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene.

Who will drive by to check the lawn or look for extra cars in the driveway or three unauthorized dogs in the back yard?

Check out Zillow hottest housing market of 2024: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/zillow-ranking-hottest-real...Cleveland is what I focus in, it's great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

Now I suppose bad reviews is always a risk of working with people, you try to do a good job and hope people are satisfied, as for the 2nd thought yes this is something I absolutely need to do more legal research on and check with my brokerage, my thoughts were this would hopefully be covered by a standard buyers agreement, again if you take a 2.5% commission and the person hates thier house they can’t sue you, I would hope this would be the same.

Check with your broker.As a real estate licensee, you’ll be subject to potential complaints by property owners when they believe you did not operate in their best interest by trying to purchase their home at a “low” price and then flip the contract at a higher price.  

Before you spend your money here, check out The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods for a lay of the land.

$50 minimum last time I checked. 

If you make $1MM in a year and are writing a $300k check to Uncle Sam and could wipe most of that out by buying a property that breaks even or loses a few hundred bucks per month, that's a pretty good trade.If you are trying to quit your day job- that's a different story.

The city is still undervalued according to international standards.

I have business checking accounts for each entity, and business Amex and Chase Ink cards, which keep this all a closed system.