Moving a coin laundry is a lot more complicated than moving a dress shop or a convenience store.

There are multiple cities basically in the city of Columbus with higher quality school systems and equally high property taxes...Westerville, Worthington, Dublin, Bexley, and Grandview Heights are all "in" Columbus, but they are their own cities...taxes in these locations on a $300k property will run $7-12k/yr.The asset you are describing is not going to pencil out very well...what I mean is that a $300k property in one of these locations is not going to rent for $3,000/mo...maybe not even for $2,000/mo...there is a definite sweet spot here and for SFR it is between $135-175,000....nothing fancy...lower taxes and much better ROI across the board.

He used this tactic to give the seller at best the same or at worst FAR less than others had offered, but dressed the offer up in such a way to make an unsophisticated buyer think she got a deal. 

They only knew how to buy fancy remodeled houses in A/B class neighborhoods.

There’s no need to get fancy - but even a basic reformatting goes a long way.

Some people will tell you to look at how they dress or the car they drive, but that's not always a good indicator; I know plenty of people that take great pride in their car but not their home, and I know people that have excellent homes but drive beaters that are trashed by their kids.There's always more to it, but that's the basic gist.

You also don’t need a lawyer, attorney, CPA, or whatever other fancy titled people you mentioned.

My work vehicle is a great condition 2002 4Runner and I think it is a little too fancy some times, not that a 2002 4Runner is anything special.

How much do you have wrapped up in those fancy cars? 

Learn the real estate lingo and sound and dress professionally.It is important you choose a niche and focus on brokers who deal with this niche.