They love them and for good reason, which makes those markets actually attractive if you work with the right company.We use Bestplaces.com to compile some data on quality cities for us to grow our company into. 

I want to know from other investors, especially ones that work with wholesalers, if what I am planning on providing investors is overkill.Once I have a signed PSA, I plan on:paying for a title check (to make sure the title doesn't have any unexpected liens)scheduling a home inspectionhaving a general contractor provide a renovation estimate (labor & materials) for both a fix-n-flip and a rental renovationAn ARV appraisalI am planning on compiling all of this information, along with a copy of the PSA, a full RentFax report, pictures of the property, and a video walk-thru into an "investor packet" that will be emailed to my investor list.

Although it’s a bit late to get the disclosures I know I can compile a list of more realistic comps than they will.

Here are the laws in regards to this stuff.4735.01 [Effective Until 3/20/2019] Real estate broker definitions.As used in this chapter:(A) "Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration does any of the following:(1) Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(2) Offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(3) Lists, or offers, attempts, or agrees to list, or auctions, or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction, any real estate;(4) Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate;(5) Operates, manages, or rents, or offers or attempts to operate, manage, or rent, other than as custodian, caretaker, or janitor, any building or portions of buildings to the public as tenants;(6) Advertises or holds self out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, or leasing real estate;(7) Directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which does or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, or renting of any real estate;(8) Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby the broker undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both, except that this division does not apply to a publisher of listings or compilations of sales of real estate by their owners;(9) Collects rental information for purposes of referring prospective tenants to rental units or locations of such units and charges the prospective tenants a fee.

However, even if the public records are easy and open, you can save a lot of time working with a list broker who has compilers that can pull homes with the criteria you want and differentiate between the UPS store mailing address and property address.

It sounds like you're already on your way with interviewing a number of companies, but I compiled a list of Property Management companies in Cleveland that you may want to reference.

@Tyler BattagliaThe list you have compiled has you going in the right direction.

Hi Marc,You best bet is to compile a list of property management companies off of Google and call each company to see if they manage the types of properties you invest in and to gain an understand of their background and track record.

Hi folksI've been out of the loop for a while - been engrossed in a Property Management accounting project, working with Appfolio.Heads up, though:  I am preparing to compile a thorough Property Management Software Comparison matrix.  

Thanks for all of the feedback, a couple of people have asked for more details so I will provide them below, I've also put out some calls to local banks and mortgage brokers and as soon as I'm done compiling the responses I'll post so others in a similar situation can see the results.I have two properties with which to leverage but the challenge I'm finding out is that since they are both sub 100k properties the banks do not like to lend funds on properties in the sub 100k market, the mortgage broker is currently sourcing rates for banks willing to lend on properties sub 100k.