I highly recommend working with him, but only if you're willing to put in the effort to build a business and though leadership brand!

It's too much like the hospitality business rather than a rental. 

Agree it is difficult to assess costs when they vary so much by location.Keep in mind that some turnovers are sickenly expensive, and that is just the nature of the business. 

If so they may have a real estate license or they may work with an agent that relies on repeat business rather than a one-off purchase. 

I’m looking to get started in the fix-and-flip business and have a few questions.

How about using SDIRAs not to hold assets but to operate businesses?

And a lot of start-up companies are migrating to this city as well because of the OSU campus that has thousands of talented students graduating and looking for positions locally.Everything that’s going on here in Columbus is attracting investors and other businesses from all over.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/agents

We vend out mostly Ave none of our vendors want to use the vendor portal to communicate—they have their own business management systems and don’t need to bother using a new one just for us. 

Yes, this is "tough love", but you won't survive in this business if you let it affect you:)