I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

Your best bet is to learn all you can and earn all you can over your first 2-3 years of college.

I bet Walmart isn't even at less than 1% net, why isn't everyone flipping out that Walmart is "colluding" for higher prices on product's in it's stores.

It has proven to be more difficult to set up than expected mainly because of having to use a third party company for a physical business address1.

I'm capped on time and physical ability to do everything myself though. 

(We also invited him to visit our office so we could show him the physical collateral files and show him the online portals for our note servicer, bank accounts, note management systems, but he declined.

It might work for LTRs but not for STRs.Your best bet is to keep a good maintenance fund ready to go to cover repairs.The most important thing is regular maintenance.

Would be happy to chat to go into more details about subdivisons.All in all, I think a house hack in a good area of town is a great bet to get started.

Have you physically seen the property?

Further, there are a wide spectrum of lenders that can range from very good to very bad among lenders that brand themselves as "Private Money" "Hard Money" or "Private Lenders"Your best bet is likely to follow reviews and like you've been doing now with partnerships that you trust, but your instinct is right to have relationships with multiple lenders and options.