That is our ultimate goal however for now we are sticking to fix and flips.

A judge and jury would ultimately decide your fate.

Repairing wood siding is not a cheap task as well (especially if you want repaired areas to match rest of house) and will ultimately run the risk of  future repairs.

I was told that both wouldn’t be a problem, and both items were fixed the following days.During the course of the work, I had additional potential work I had this contractor scope out, for which he sent me a separate email with those estimates and I ultimately decided not to proceed with that work.I paid my contractor throughout the period the work was completed (always within a day of him requesting payment), and the work finally was completed in May.

Keeping one's word is important, to a point (when the whole economic picture changes, re-evaluating your choices is something most people can understand).

So I think a  lot of folks coming to the area are coming because 1) they can drive there and 2) their first choice vacation got cancelled and I think a lot know there are bargains to be had right now.  

I currently don’t have any properties at this moment but my ultimate goal is to retire early and enjoy life and live off my properties.

Cleveland is the one I am most familiar with and it's also very popular with investors across the USA so I figured you'd get some value out of reading The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.

It will be very hard to find a manger for this unless it's a student property, and even that will have limited choices.

I've found old garages are more of a liability than a good investment in the lower rent areas unless you get lucky and get one that isn't falling over - it will cost more to bring them back to life or replace them than it will ever bring back in rent and therefore, the best choice is to remove them and spend the money on a new parking slab - obviously a property that already has that done is a plus (people use them as storage lockers too, then leave it all for you to clean when they skip out later).