You can search the internet for all the information.

There are various articles on the internet about the advantages and disadvantages of various corporate forms, but if you are serious you should probably sit down with a partnership attorney and hear what he/she has to say.

I try and concentrate in one area so people see a few signs along their drive, I try and put them where I think people will look (towards a sign) and I put them at least two sides of an intersection but usually all four.  

Internet charges, lawn care charges, etc. 

I was in the past I owned over 350 cash flow homes in the mid west.. but I sold those all off 2 years ago.. my focus now is concentrating on the hot markets were we can make some darn nice money.. plus its a great place to visit.. beats the heck out of buying rentals and having to spend time in other mid west towns that are well not Charleston..

Thier card for the animal can be from some internet provider.

They usually have no deal flow so they cull the internet, pick up properties being advertised by other wholesalers, then add $5K to the original wholesaler's price and start advertising the property as their own. 

Hard to do on the internet.

It's not such a big deal until the water is rising quickly and you are cursing the day you chose to take the advice of an internet message board instead of purchasing the flood insurance and your years of cash flow are about to go poof...or glurg glurg...as it were.The FEMA maps are based on probabilities, not on the anecdotal evidence of elderly citizens or even if a flood has historically occurred in a certain time frame.  100 year flood = 1% chance of that area being flooded.  500 year flood = 0.2% chance of that area being flooded.As with any insurance you can forego it and save a few bucks and you win!!...

Search BP and the internet for real estate investment associations in the Columbus area.