It is very unusual for one person to have two service dogs. 

Are you going to go with residential, personal lending, or commercial?

Not understanding that through TROs, bankruptcy filing, and state foreclosure laws a defaulting borrower can tie up a property from 18 months - 4 years WITHOUT making a payment4.

Certainly not the latter but I am familiar with this person.

In every county except Jefferson County, if the assessed owner's name was in the pre-auction advertising, and that was the name called off at auction, but that person died before the auction, then the tax sale is void.

I would personally set up coffee with all three of them! 

what I'm telling people about hilltop is the only reason it's going up is because of the average housing price in columbus being pushed and the lack of inventory. when I started I'd have bought here too. if I was going to invest here I'd look at houses built after 1947 without knob and tube wiring, etc. the old housing is the problem. we are building now in downtown adjacent. land is a buyer's market and it's much less competitive and easy to get the numbers to work. there is very little construction in 43204 and I've transitioned to new construction triplex now with entitlement and larger multifamily projects feel free to message or call anytime. personally, l like new construction in 43203, 43205, 43206, 43223, 43222 right now and obviously 43215 which you have to have at least 600k in cash to get the land to entitle and want to build at least 100 units to make it worth it. 

Any advice, tips, or personal anecdotes you could share would be greatly appreciated as I contemplate taking the leap into the world of Airbnb co-hosting.Thank you all in advance for your insights and guidance!

Have you been going to meetups in person? 

Stop looking at properties online and go out and see them in person.