It’s true that you should be more diligent with vetting tenants - cash flow is great, but a destructive tenant can burn through it pretty easily and put you in the red.

This is easily enough obtained through online services if you don't know someone in Ohio willing to do this for you. 

For a list that small you may get lucky and no one will notice but in general you can easily run into frequent litigators that are just waiting to get called and file suit.

With regard to your "DST" and as with many highly structured tax vehicles that have a potential "self dealing" quality to them, there are a number of potential potholes you can easily step in along the way (e.g., constructive receipt doctrine, effective control over nominal 3rd party relationships, lack of genuine risk bearing and compliance with transactional terms, etc.).

Big companies expanding in the area means employment and a strong tenant pool and high occupancy rates.

To overcome these, investors should focus on smaller properties, value-add opportunities, expand into secondary markets, leverage creative financing, partner for scale, monitor development trends, network aggressively, and use market data tools for tailored advice.

You don't need amenities like short-term and the people looking for MTR has expanded from travel nurses to displaced homeowners, future buyers, just sold sellers, relatives coming into town, insurance companies, etc.

Ultimately I had a vision for how this particular home could easily be improved and rented for top market without much headache.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

As I gain experience I would expand.

I'm wanting to expand my understanding on note investing a bit more.