North Linden, South of Main, Vassor Village, Woodland Park, MT Vernon, Milo-Grogan, Franklinton, Merrion Village, Hungarian Village, Southern Orchards, Driving Park, Olde Towne East, Franklin Park, King Lincoln, Old Oaks, Livingston Park are all but not limited to some areas in Columbus, Ohio I think will gentrify quickly and make for great long term buy and holds.

His account @d.j.thielen has more than 35k followers but his posts regularly have less than 100 likes and 0 comments leading me to believe many of his followers are fake or bought.

You take damages out of the regular security deposit. 

How can that girl expect to hold on to her family property under those circumstances? 

Note that if your grandmother holds the real property until her death, she is likely to receive a basis step-up in the residence, eliminating capital gains for the heirs upon sale versus possible capital gains to your grandmother if sold during her life.

As an investor and realtor here in Hilton Head, I can tell you with your current cash position you would be best off doing a couple of flips here first then look for a couple of holds.

Better time to negotiate so great if you plan to hold for a long term rental.  

You should have made the tenants responsible for the landscaping from the beginning, then you could hold them financially responsible if they fail.At this point, you should probably hire a professional to recover the lawn.

Regular self storage units are running about $4,100 per unit versus around $3,000 about 3 years ago. 

It was a credit union, so they hold their own portfolio of properties.