Didn't know the market that well and didn't realize the house was in a flood plain, had settled tremendously and the neighborhood was not very good.

BP has a tremendous amount of information to help you, but it is only available if you seek it out.

You probably also want to do a walk-through of the unit prior to returning the deposit to ensure that there is no damage that you should be collecting for (you don't want the new guy to be paying for damage done before he arrived).I'm not an attorney (nor am I a tremendously experience landlord), so take that for what it's worth...

BP has a tremendous amount of information to help you, but it is only available if you seek it out.

Starting a construction business is tremendously challenging.

I can see tremendous value in it.

Managing subs was yet another learning curve and still challenging even for seasoned pros, but having the foundation of knowing how the job was done first helped tremendously and took the "newbie target" off of my forehead once the contractors understood that I knew a few things and was no newbie retail buyer.

I think those would help tremendously. 

I ask because I know a tremendous GC from Medina County but don't know if he wants to head way up north everyday.Sam

Cincinnati also has a certain 'cool' factor it has lacked in the past... many of my late twenty something friends are moving back from Chicago, San Fran, Austin, etc, in large part because Cincinnati has been revitalized in many parts of the Urban Core, and still offers a tremendous cost of living compared to places like Seattle, Nashville, NYC, etc.