Also, if you and your husband contribute the exchange property into an entity that is considered disregarded for income tax purposes so that it would still be considered as held by you and your husband, then the timing would not matter at all. 

Last year code enforcement showed up and was "just checking on things" since they had prior history with this house & the people on the property.

People call them mid term rentals, but they are a long term rental with a short stay lease.You will do all the furnishings etc that you would do a STR but people stay longer.

Not local to the Cincinnati area, but I've done a good amount of work for people there!

I have done some research but curious about the experience people here have had. 1.

Just because other people do it or have done it doesn't mean it the right path for you.

You will not get a lot of responses on here for several reasons - too many questions, not a big enough pool of people to answer the questions, and most agents have no clue about what it takes to work with investors. 

This is the least likely thing for people to publish on BP, as finding them is key to the business and promoting them on here will inundate them with calls. 

Drive around, ask people that live there how they feel about the area, and, if you can, live there for a year.

Only a small minority of people getting involved in wholesaling are in any way competent 10.