Cleveland acquisition

We find the deal, fund the deal, and handle everything after you close.

Your acquisition team on the ground in Cleveland, for investors who live somewhere else. We walk every property in person and show you what is wrong with it before you offer.

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The ZIP grades are free, no account. Nothing owed until a deal closes.

51 Cleveland ZIPs graded County, HUD and Census data Funding arranged, not just advised We stay after the keys
WalkedEvery deal, in person
6 checksScored at the asking price
RemoteYou never fly in
On closeWhen the fee lands

What lands in your portal

Real deals, scored before you ever see them.

This is how a deal arrives: walked, photographed, checked against public record and scored at the price being asked. Including the ones we tell you to walk away from.

Off marketNew this week
23 photos · 3D tour
CArea grade C · 38th pct

6311 Northcliff Avenue

Brooklyn OH 44144 · 3bd/2ba · 1,297 sqft · built 1925

ARV$210,000
Rehab$20,000
Rent benchmark$1,480/mo
Cash flow-$208/mo
Asking$165,000
Under contract
41 photos · walkthrough
DArea grade D · 19th pct

4150 E 154 St

Cleveland OH 44110 · 3bd/1ba · 1,104 sqft · built 1921

ARV$118,000
Rehab$26,500
Rent benchmark$1,050/mo
Cash flow$291/mo
Accepted at$71,500
Agent list
18 photos
CArea grade C · 44th pct

3822 W 130 St

Cleveland OH 44111 · 4bd/2ba · 1,412 sqft · built 1930

ARV$155,000
Rehab$18,000
Rent benchmark$1,275/mo
Cash flow$204/mo
Asking$96,000

Matched, not blasted. Your buy box decides which of these reach you at all.

Want the full room on any of these, with the county record, the comps and the failing checks?

Or see a deal analyzed

Meet the deal desk

Everything between a buy box and a building you own.

Six screens doing the work a team of four normally does. Define it, see it, price it, close it, build it, and keep the city happy.

Set your specs once and every listing in Cleveland gets measured against them. Weighted one to five, so a deal that misses on the thing you care least about still reaches you.
  • Sixteen criteria across money, property, place and exit
  • ZIP allowlist drawn from the area grades
  • Change it any time and the feed re-sorts
One room per property holding everything we found on the ground, plus everything the county holds.
  • Photos and video of every room, dated
  • Contractor walkthrough with a real rehab number
  • County record, open violations, comps and rent benchmark
The grade, the record and the maths on one screen, with every assumption editable so nothing is hidden. This is the free tool, and it is the same engine we use.
  • Cash flow, cash left in, return on cash, all in against ARV
  • Area grade built into the calculation, not bolted beside it
  • Failing checks shown in red, always
The part that stops most out of state buyers. Every milestone, document and deadline in one place, with the people who owe you something named.
  • Earnest money, inspection, appraisal, title and funding
  • Documents reviewed with you before you sign anything
  • We hold the keys for the appraisal and the inspection
Written scope before anyone bids, then before, during and after photos with dates on every phase. Nothing is paid for until the phase it belongs to is signed off.
  • Budget against actual, line by line
  • Draw schedule tied to signed off phases
  • Asset register of every system, with warranties
Cleveland has real rules for owners who live elsewhere, and we are the local name on them. Tracked, scheduled, filed.
  • Local Agent in Charge, the name the city requires
  • Rental registration and lead safe, with dates that come to you
  • Section 8 and CMHA inspections, we open the door
Try the tool first
Buyer profile Search listings, deals, analyses⌘K
Buy box  16 criteria · weighted 1 to 5
Re-run guided setup
Money · 4
Purchase price$80,000 to $180,000
Cash flow after refinanceAt least $250/mo
All in against ARV90% or below
FundingHard money, then refinance
Place · 3
Lowest area gradeB and above
ZIP allowlist22 of 51 selected
Open violationsNone on file
Property · 3
Beds and baths3 bed minimum, 1.5 bath
Rehab levelCosmetic to moderate
OccupancyVacant, or tenant in place

Six more under Exit and After close

Deal room Search listings, deals, analyses⌘K
Deal checks · 4 of 6 Cash in $96,678 ARV $210,000 Cash flow $259/mo All in 93% of ARV 1% rule 1.06% Debt ratio 1.12x

Scored at the asking price on standard assumptions. Change any of it in Run the Numbers.

+23 photos

6311 Northcliff Avenue

Brooklyn OH · 44144 · 1,297 sqft · built 1925 · 3bd/2ba · off market
View 3D tour 3 offers submitted Submit an offer →
Asking price$165,0003 offers submitted
Est. rehab$20,000Cosmetic
ARV$210,000comps imply $220,581
Rent benchmark$1,480/moHUD · Section 8 $1,672
Deal Overview Run the Numbers See All My Offers

The deal

Vacant since June and priced to move. Cosmetic only: paint, floors, a kitchen refresh and one bath. Mechanicals were replaced by the last owner in 2019 and the roof has roughly ten years left. Brooklyn schools, and the street holds its value.

Beds / baths3 / 2
Sqft, built1,297 · 1925
Taxes$3,004/yr
County value$128,200
Area gradeC · 38th pct

The numbers at the asking price

Net profit-$1,750
ROI-0.9%
Cash flow$259/mo
Cash needed$195,575

County record, Cuyahoga

Type1-Family
Year built1925
Living area1,297 sqft
Lot4,032 sqft
Last transfer15 Oct 2025, $84,000
Parcel433-22-074

Area grade

C Market strength: 38th percentile of Cuyahoga County neighbourhoods, area 06203
Owner occupancy 67thTax health 60th Household income 37thHome values 32ndRents 15th

Recent nearby sales, what the county recorded

Comp implied value approximately $220,581 Four of five sold above $200k. Median $/sqft times county living area, a sanity band.

AddressSoldPriceSqft$/sqft
7503 Outlook Ave, Brooklyn25 Jul 2026$200,0001,176$170
4319 Rockland Dr, Brooklyn1 Jul 2026$253,6601,193$213
6207 Delora Ave, Brooklyn29 Jul 2026$240,0001,131$212
4576 Bentwood Dr, Brooklyn22 Jul 2026$245,0001,244$197
Run the numbers 6311 Northcliff Avenue, Brooklyn OH
6311 Northcliff Avenue  1,297 sqft · 1925 · 3bd/2ba
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How it scores Insert into offer →
C Area grade C38th percentile of Cuyahoga, area 06203
Owner occupancy67th
Tax health60th
Household income37th
Home values32nd
Rents15th
Transaction 4150 E 154 St · closing 4 Sept
4150 E 154 St  Accepted $71,500 · day 12 of 28
In diligence
Offer accepted10 Aug · countered once, settled at $71,500
Earnest money deposited12 Aug · $2,000 to Cuyahoga Title
Inspection15 Aug · we opened the door, report in the room
AppraisalScheduled 26 Aug · we hold the keys
Title commitment and clear to closeExpected 30 Aug
Funding and remote closing4 Sept · documents reviewed with you first
Deed recorded, keys releasedExpected 5 Sept
Documents
Purchase agreementSigned 10 Aug, both parties Signed
Inspection report18 pages, 4 items flagged Received
Lender conditions2 of 5 outstanding, due 28 Aug Action needed
Modern FinancialLender · NMLS 2703039
Cuyahoga TitleEscrow and title
Project 4150 E 154 St · unit turn
Unit turn, 4150 E 154 St  Phase 2 of 3
Book inspection
OverviewScope PhotosActivityInvoice

Progress

7 of 11 trades complete64%

What we're doing

Paint throughout, refinish the floors, a kitchen refresh and the upstairs bath. Mechanicals stay as they are.

Start2 Aug 2026
Target19 Sept
StatusOn budget
Total$26,500
Paid$16,940
Photos live in your Gallery 38 this phase, before during and after, every one dated Go to Gallery

Scope

Demo and prepSigned off 9 Aug, $6,200 released Complete
Paint, floors and kitchen$10,740 of $13,800 In progress
Bath and punch list$6,500 held until sign off Not started
Compliance Portfolio · 4 properties
Compliance  Everything the city expects, tracked by building
Nothing overdue
4150 E 154 StCompliant
Local Agent in ChargeREINovation named with the city On file
Rental registrationRenews 1 Mar 2027, city fee covered Filed
Lead safe certificateCertified to Apr 2027, on site visit due 14 Apr Visit due
3822 W 130 St1 item due
Rental registrationDue 1 Mar 2027, we file it 191 days

Regulatory inspections

Section 8 periodic inspection4150 E 154 St · 22 Jul 2026 Passed
Move in inspection3822 W 130 St · 9 Jun 2026 Passed
We open the door for every one of these. You do not need to be in Ohio for any of it.

How it works

One buy box in. A building you own, and somebody still there.

Four steps between telling us what you buy and holding the keys, without you getting on a plane. Then the part most people forget to plan for.

1

Tell us what you buy

Price range, area grade, doors, exit and funding. One box, once, and it filters everything after it.

15 minutes
What you fill in
$80k to $180kGrade B and up 4 to 10 doorsCash flow $250+ Cosmetic to moderate+11 more
2

We find it and prove it

Pulled from every list worth being on, walked in person, then scored at the price being asked before you ever see it.

Per deal
What lands in your room
Walked, 23 photos Contractor rehab number County record 2 checks failing

The failing ones are the point. If a deal does not work, the room says so.

3

We fund it and paper it

The part that stops most out of state buyers. Financing, the entity, title, escrow and a remote closing, handled end to end.

28 days
Offer to recorded deed
OfferEarnest InspectionAppraisal TitleFundingKeys

We hold the keys for the appraisal and the inspection. You never fly in.

4

We stay after the keys

Pick what matches what you are missing in Cleveland. None of it is bundled, none of it is required, and each one is its own agreement.

Your call

We run the project

Our vendors, our scopes, paid by phase on sign off.

Per project

We verify your crew

Keep your contractor. We are the eyes on the day, before a draw.

Per visit

We handle the city

Local Agent in Charge, registration, lead safe, inspections.

Per property

It starts with the buy box. Two minutes now, fifteen on a call, and nothing owed until a deal closes.

Compare

There are three ways to buy in Cleveland from out of state.

We are not the cheapest and we do not pretend to be. Here is what each route actually gives you, so you can pick honestly.

Turnkey provider Doing it yourselfZillow, Redfin, the MLS REINovation
Someone walks it before you buyThey do, they are the sellerIn person, photos and video
Rehab number from a contractorTheir price, work already doneWalkthrough before you offer
County record, comps, rent benchmark~If you dig for itOn every deal
Area grade on the street51 ZIPs graded
The failing numbers shown to youIn red, in the deal room
Off market deals~Only their ownWholesaler and agent lists
Financing arranged~Sometimes, in houseModern Financial, NMLS 2703039
Remote closing handled~SometimesYou never fly in
Local Agent in Charge for the cityWe are the name on file
Someone watches the contractorThey are the contractorAgainst a written scope
When you payInside the purchase priceEvery mistake, twiceNothing until a deal closes

Columns describe categories of service, not any one company. Individual providers vary and some do more than the column suggests.

If the honest answer is that you should do it yourself, use the numbers and do it yourself. The worked example stays up either way.

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Straight answers

You have fair questions. I will answer them myself.

Pick what you are actually worried about. No sales team, no script, just the answers I give people on the phone anyway.

FK

Femi Kolawole

Founder, REINovation

I built this because I got tired of watching out of state investors buy a photograph. The person who walks the property should be the same one who is still there when the furnace goes out, and on most deals those are two different companies who never speak to each other.

Everything on this page, the grade, the six checks, the deal room, is what I use on my own purchases. If a number would stop me buying, you see it too.

Ask me anything on this list.

I have never bought a property I could not drive to. How does that actually work?

You never fly in. We walk it, photograph and video every room, and put a contractor through it before you ever see a number. Title and escrow are coordinated for you, we hold the keys for the appraisal and the inspection, and the closing happens remotely with every document reviewed with you before you sign. The first one is the one we hold your hand through. By the third you will be telling us which streets you want.

What if the deal is bad? Will you actually tell me?

Yes, and you will see it yourself. Every deal gets six checks scored at the price being asked, and the ones that fail sit in your deal room in red. We are paid when a deal closes, so I understand exactly why you are asking. The answer is that one bad closing costs me a client and every referral behind them. One skipped deal costs me a week.

How long before I actually own something?

Longer than anyone selling you a course will say. Finding a deal that fits a real buy box takes weeks. Diligence, funding and closing take another few. What we cut is the wasted part, the months lost to bad fit listings, a rehab number that was a guess, and discovering the city rules after a letter arrives.

I already have a lender. Do I have to use yours?

No. Financing is arranged through Modern Financial, NMLS 2703039, if you want that part handled. You are free to use your own lender and plenty of people do. We are not a lender and we do not make, process or fund loans.

I already have a contractor in Cleveland. Is this useless to me?

The opposite. Keep your crew. What most people are missing is not labour, it is a set of eyes. We inspect against the written scope rather than against a feeling, photograph what is actually there on the day, and time the visit before a draw, which is when it matters most. You keep the relationship and lose the blind spot.

Do you take over my property management?

No. We are not a property manager and we are never the contractor. We are the operations layer that a manager is missing. On the properties you pick, we run the project, verify your crew, or act as your local agent of record with the city. None of it is bundled and none of it is required.

What does this cost me?

Nothing until a deal closes. The acquisition fee lands on the closing and it is agreed in writing before we start any work, so you will never see an invoice you did not already sign off. I do not publish a number because the fee moves with what a deal actually needs, and a figure sitting on a website is a promise nobody made to you.

Is the free tool really free, or is it a lead magnet?

It is really free. No account, no card, no call. Type an address and you get the county record, the area grade, open violations, the rent benchmark and the numbers at the asking price. It is a lead magnet in the sense that I hope you like it. It is not one in the sense of holding anything back.

What does the work after closing cost?

Priced separately, per project, per visit or per property, under its own agreement. It is a different decision from the purchase and you can take none of it. Project work is paid by phase, and nothing is paid for until the phase it belongs to is signed off.

Why only Cleveland?

Because I am here and my people are here. Being the operations layer means somebody actually has to show up, and you cannot do that from a spreadsheet in another state. We grade fifty one ZIP codes against county, HUD and Census data and we know which streets hold their value. I would rather be right about one market than vague about ten.

Is Cleveland actually worth buying in?

The math still works here in a way it does not on the coasts, rents clear against purchase prices. The catch is that the difference between a street that holds and one that does not can be three blocks. That is the entire reason the area grade rides on every deal we send you instead of sitting in a report nobody reads.

Cleveland has rules for out of state owners. What if I miss one?

That is what Local Agent in Charge exists for. The city requires you to name a local person and we are that name. Rental registration is filed yearly with the city fee covered, lead safe is tracked with the annual on site visit, and we open the door for Section 8 and CMHA inspections. Best set up before a letter arrives, not after one does.

How do I know the work actually got done?

Photographs with dates, phase by phase, in your portal, plus a register of every system in the building with its make, year and warranty. Paying somebody to be there is worthless if you cannot see what they did.

Still have one I have not answered? Put it in the buy box form and I will answer it on the call.

Get access

Submit your buy box.

One box, once. It is how deals get matched to you, and how your portal gets opened.

Or see a deal analyzed

Two minutes now, fifteen on a call. Nothing owed until a deal closes.

Matched, not blastedYour box decides what reaches you. If nothing fits this week you hear nothing, which is the point.
The call is the first thing on your planFifteen minutes so we understand what you are actually solving, then you have every deal room we build.
Individuals and institutionsOne door at a time, or a fund, REIT or turnkey operator taking down a hundred. Same underwriting, different volume.
Nothing owed until a deal closesThe acquisition fee lands on close, and it is agreed in writing before we start.