Literally covering everything so our entire mental process is just review and decision.

You can literally find answers to all of your questions within the confines of this site.

If you do research ahead of time, what are some red flags that would cause you to back out of a deal or add a couple thousand to the deal cost for legal battles/ cash for keys?

Literally.

Read the book "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene, then decide if you would like to sign up for an investor academy (which will probably cost hundreds/thousands). 

Both are very experienced in Ohio and have worked with investors on hundreds if not thousands of investment properties in the state.  

the bigger syndicators would be all over it.I personally dont know one syndicator or large investment companies that their business is to buy up 100s or thousands of section 8 houses'. 

@Mike FarrIf you are going to spend 100's of thousands of dollars on an investment property it's definitely worth spending a few hundred dollars to make sure the title isn't clouded and you get clear and marketable title at closing.

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