What are your long term goals (eg do you want to buy another house) and do you have a large savings set aside for unexpected expenses? 

They also said that, as an inner circle member, if you had a joint venture with them and you wanted out, they would buy you out at a 20% profit.

His "team" has attempted to buy a couple of my properties in Cleveland, Ohio using a dead LLC. 

If the trade value of an old shopping mall is less than the build cost of a new storage space or warehouse, then it doesn't make sense to build a new storage space or warehouse, just buy an old shopping center.

As you gather all this information, I would continue bettering the process and continuing to buy deals.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

You don't have to buy one, you can install an app on your phone that will accomplish the same thing.

I am about to buy my first property in Ohio and I would like to gain as much information as I can in regards to the different legal issues of which I can face in Ohio.

Investors were buying at below 4%.

However, you're in Dayton so I don't see why you'd want to invest a few hours up north when you could just buy the same stuff right in your backyard.