Also, be sure to notify your insurance company that while you are still living on the property, you also have tenants. 

It looks like this particular investor preferred the low level price point and the risks that come along with it even though he was buying from a company who could offer him both types of investments on the complete opposite side of the risk spectrum.

Does anyone have any experience (or know someone or a company that might) be able to demo a concrete staircase Ana turn it into a driveway and ADU ramp ?

It took some digging, working closely with a title company, and negotiating with multiple parties to get it resolved, but in the end, it was a great learning experience—and a successful deal!

With technology and the right culture property management companies can be successful with a mix of local and remote team members. 

you can utilize a skip tracing company to get contact information for the owners.

Their return is better than most note companies.  

In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).

was looking to add brand new SFH to my portfolio.

Have you considered using a property management company?