As a tax professional I would recommend going with a specialized independent attorney. 

I was considering having a lawyer draw up a baseline loan doc and make tweaks to it on a per loan basis.

don't be afraid of better markets in ohio like columbus. depending on the capital allocation buying old houses and having to renovate is not the only way to drive value. build rent refinance repeat and build to rent are both very strong market drivers as well and you can traditionally get infill land in areas like columbus in much better locations than where you buy.

There are things that if not disclosed can still be pinned back on the wholesaler/seller even if you are buying the deal.

I used my house hacking here in Los Angeles and utilized the equity to buy out of state.

Hi Meghan, feel free to connect, I'm up in Plymouth., so tend to focus from Concord to Gorham.

The plan is to buy more this year, but I can only do one deal at a time.

Watching the housing market you want to buy in and knowing the areas you want to buy and having the data to give you confidence to make a quick offer will get you a solid deal.

Quote from @Sherief Elbassuoni: Whenever I have cash, I put it as a downpayment for a new rental.Even if you got 4-5%, this is less than inflation, so your money is loosing valueMonth over month inflation is more current information than year over year...and it has been near zero in total for the past nine months and negative for 5 of those 9 months. 

After that, we are looking to buy maybe 1 or 2 more SFH this year.