But a licensed brokerage as you state will have E and O  there is clearly Errors and omissions here that any agent who has half a brain would have seen by personal inspection or reviewing paper work and helped steer the client away form this mess. 

Do you provide consumables (toilet paper, coffee, paper towel, etc.) for your clients or do you set aside money for to replenish?

I've warned a few people if you don't have large cash reserves are and are buying Class C in Midwest (I'm talking especially to my California friends), get ready to pay out for all the repairs and cap ex on your "cash flow on paper" properties (like I'm doing). #5 There seem to be shills for these gurus/mentors posting on the forums. 

Lawyers, just paper pushers?

The lions share of our bookings (about 65%) are still brought in by Airbnb/VRBO but I estimate I can bring up occupancy 10% to well managed properties with these tools.2 - Even more important is pricing. 

If they want cash right away then they have the option of selling paper right after closing.

Nothing crazy because I think you have the right aesthetic for the setting, but maybe some fake plants with colored pebbles, bed scarfs, hand towels etc can go a long way to add some life.

Our priorities in terms of market is there needs to be- anticipated economic growth (lots of tech companies are moving into Columbus),- prices need to allow us to buy in all cash (400k or less, ideally up to 300k),- we want the area to be safe (when looking into places like Dayton, OH or Memphis, TN for instance it looks like all our boxes are checked on paper, numbers wise but we realized quickly there are a lot of unsafe areas and we could have the potential for problem tenants)- yearly expenses to be relatively low (i.e. we are avoiding NYC and the tri state area, California, etc. for having extremely high taxes).Is our initial analysis on the right track for Columbus?

In the same vein having a new role of toilet paper on the roller for them is a nice touch also.

I would say JP Morgan is the safest now as they're the pseudo goverment LOLhere's the paper to know which bank is safer:https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12232#:~:te... doesn't work on phone, brief synapses?