I am having a bit of trouble knowing WHAT to do, to get my business official off the ground and HOW to find investors.

As for your question, I would legal advice on under which entity you should operate and also make all agreements in writing and official. 

What area conditions and circumstances would make such an official inspection process part of selling a home required?

This person will handle official stuff for your company.

For instance structuring the $$ as a gift from him to myself as help for downpayment instead of an official sale. 

Even if they do know it, sometimes the county officials kind of do their own thing and don't exactly follow the law. 

This is my first and only property so far and was wondering what else I should cover myself with and or do before officially renting out.

I hear you on 3d tech, I would like to see implementation of micro-apartments and an official direction for adu here in columbus as well.Unfortunately I'm not too much a fan of how the smart city grant was handled in regards to transportation tech, so I don't have much faith in the city handling new ideas to address population density/growth.

And I’m now also officially a person who has posted on the BP forums - woo hoo! 

Among a variety of glum forecasts the company officials made for 2023, Chief Financial Officer Jamie Cohen said Vacasa’s home count under management could decline in 2023, in part because of its sales force reductions, and shift in strategy toward signing up individual homes rather than focusing on acquiring portfolios of properties.