In Cleveland we tend to get a lot of investors looking at us with "out of state eyes".

Exceptions would be a value add property requiring more work and lease up and then fee drops down once stabilized OR if property is in rural to weak suburban type area.With size of property the PM fee tends to get smaller for retail,etc.

I see a lot of wannabe investors, newbies, aggressively scaling investors, and very successful large scale investors on the site, but the little guys like myself tend to get lost in the wind on bp. 

If properties tend to rise, say, 2% a year simply due to inflation than with $200k you can buy a $1m property (with leverage) and if it appreciates 2% a year, it effects your $200k by 5x that amount (10% appreciation gain on your cash in)But like all jokes, if you have to explain them, then they're not funny.  

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but also try smaller, local banks as they tend to be easier to work with.If you can't find a local, traditional lender, then try looking into alternative options.

I'm really trying to find market tends and see what others have been noticing.The point is that even buying at 70% Arv less repairs doesn't really make that great of a rental because the Arv has gone up without the corresponding rent increase.

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Westside suburbs tend to be more consistent.

As mentioned above people tend to invest in what they are comfortable with, housing.7.