He insisted that the property would be making MUCH more than it was (3x-4x more) and came up with his selling price based on that.

You can still negotiate with the bank based on repairs, mold, etc.

I am a real estate agent and investor based in Columbus, Ohio but also have done deals and investments in Cincinnati so I'm familiar with the market.

And then an actual message comes through. 2 weeks after check out they wanted to let us know about some spider webs, a microwave built-in that was too high (based on preference), a power strip with loose wire connection and several other items that they never let us know about during their stay.

Plenty of cases based on those points.

Good afternoon,I have a slightly unique investment opportunity and I am searching for lending.

Stay put and use some cash to expand your asset base.

For example, if people were ok with having a search engine similar to first version of Google, building the entire google search engine would have been a week high school project.

Nowadays I’m  referred deals from a fairly deep network I’ve built up, but you can search listings that have been for sale with no offers for a period of time and see if they have an assumable loan.  

Thankfully for him, he still could get into the deal as a co-investor.There could be exceptions but do you want to base a business model on exceptions.