Mine currently allows weekly rentals but it's driving insurance costs high.  

extra cash down saves you interest, but costs you the opportunity to make money with those dollars otherwise.

That’s means this one claim for under $2k after your deductible could easily cost you $1,000 or more per year for the rest of your life.

I believe the primary issue is the 20 year term on a typical commercial loan.My current focus is on buying and hold duplex properties, and around me that put the total acquisition costs around $200-250k, with total monthly rents being 1.0-1.3% of the purchase price.  

Yes STR does align with your goals a lot better, but for what you have already gathered with your LTR in Cincinnati, I think you may be missing out on looking at your opportunity costs for your LTR already.

So maybe the recorder wont record them and that cuts the sharper wholesaler who knows how to do their own escrows off at the knees ????

It was an old house and it was costly to keep it to the standards for Sec. 8.

But it has been about 2 weeks since the seller passed and the seller's estate has not given any information to my relator or the title company.Given that the estate is contractually obligated to the sale & that I have money tied up in the deal (earnest money, home inspection cost, interest), I am looking for advice to move this forward and/or a suggestion for a real estate attorney in Cincinnati.

This saves me a ton in material costs. 

A lot of lenders have a seasoning period of 6 months in order to use appraised value not cost basis.