In lending everything has a paper trail down to the smallest detail.

Michael, one thing to keep in mind is that while very inexpensive houses can look like cash flow kings on paper, the reality is that they are inexpensive for a reason.

Real estate agents are well aware of this fact and treat one preapproval letter as toilet paper, and the other as a check waiting to be cashed, accordingly (and obviously advise their homeseller clients as such).

You have to start at one end and slowly work towards the other - sort of like putting self-adhesive shelf paper (Contact paper) down, if you have ever done that.The veneers I have seen are just plain wood, so you have to paint or stain them to match what you have. 

Do some research on sales of controlling interests (will this actually avoid any transfer costs), local bulk sales laws (will there be other taxes due or will creditors appear), and the limitations of seller warranties and indemnities (is my contract worth the paper it's printed on).

I told these people several times I was in contract with someone else and they said that what I am signing is not a contract just an offer and if the other place couldn't find a soultion to the child support thing,they would buy and I had till the 8 of march 2016,yes they put the wrong year,to decide,not even an hour I called them and told them that I would not need their service,that my realtor came up with a solution,they called me two days later,at 8pm at night,sounded drunk and said I couldn't back out,that I signed a contract,well I pulled the paper that I signed out and at the top it saids real estate purchase contract,he had that covered when I was in his office.

If you plan on getting more properties it’s going to be more complicated getting commercial loans or sometimes even standard mortgages for under properties under $100k ,,many lenders say the paper and legal involved not worth it for them . buying condos imo gives you less leverage and you have less people who want to loan you the money.

I'm looking for a referral to an attorney or legal service that will represent myself (landlord) in eviction court, and to handle the paper work for that (in the Cincinnati market, which is Hamilton County, OH). 

my husband and I have a hard time proving income on paper, and we will be filing an extension on our taxes for 2017...thought maybe it would be an option to pick up 1 or 2 more rental properties.

You can own your properties outright (poor use of capital) or you can own your properties on paper.