I own a 4000 square-foot warehouse that has about 1/3 of an acre lot fenced in. I'm considering leasing out storage space for boats and RVs.  Zoning says that it is a repair service shop, excluding automobiles, any id...

I don't know if this is required in your locality but if it isn't get rid of it.

REI is full of surprises and they all require money.

Assuming you don't have a mortgage that requires a certain level of insurance, you can get a stop-loss policy covering all the properties. 

They do an incredible job.  

Credit, jobs, income, age, married, plans for future all this matters.

Looking forward to the journey ahead....In my experience, very few properties in Ohio are strictly required to operate as Section 8 rentals.

I see no value in it for evaluation.Realestate.com has always been a good site for accessing properties, but they do a poor job of evaluation. 

typically no special license is needed when doing it for hard money loans that I am aware of. there may be states like california and nevada that are tricky where lenders need a license of some sort but for most part brokers i have seen are not licensed. 14 or 15 states require state license and NMLS registration.

We lend up to 85% of the build costs but, generally, require that our borrowers have some experience with ground-up construction.