If you encounter this situation, you should hire an attorney to properly managed dismissal of these suits. 

Nicholas,I think you may wanna read the threads below before hiring any of Bob's "guys".Exposing more of Bob Prisco's (AKA Bob Stevens) LiesWho is Bob Stevens AKA Bob Prisco and what's his involvement in Cleveland?

A contractor hired by the prior owner of a property got stiffed. 

Reach out to the Marcus & Millichap offices in Columbus/Cleveland and have one of the MMCC commercial mortgage brokers produce a few quotes for you.If you don't have the time to research contact info / programs for 25-50 different lenders and make the calls/emails necessary to obtain optimal financing, hire a broker.

You do not hire this contractor in the course of running a business.

You can do it yourself or hire an attorney.

This is definitely less than $150 with a plumber, unless they run into some issues.Any handyman can do this job for less than $80.The high price is probably due to your PM hiring a plumber when they should have hired a handyman to save you some money.

I hired a public adjuster after Hurricane Michael and was able to get almost 3 X what my insurance company wanted to pay me.

Digitize physical receipts for easy storage and use a consistent naming convention for easy sorting - 2024.03.25 Home Depot.Maintain proper records, such as contracts, settlement statements, and promissory notes.Additionally, you can track income and expenses consistently using software or spreadsheets.As you scale, if bookkeeping isn't fun, consider hiring a bookkeeper for a couple hundred bucks per month.

Your realtor will do a lot of the acquisition hand holding you're looking for and BP and your local network can help with any concerns you have getting folks into the property and managing it, or you can hire a property manager to do it, albeit at 10-15% of gross and they won't do as good a job as you will.