Your vision and desire to even dream of doing a project this big, your resourcefulness to put all the pieces together, the ability to sell your idea and yourself, your honesty & integrity with everyone involved, your willingness to pay off your debts and make the hard sacrifices and your humility to share your experience are the ingredients of  super sucessful entrepreneurs.The things you've learned from this experience will help you for the rest of your life.

Lots of good resources here on BP around tenant screening. 

It's not worth it.I'm told that FHA has ways of finding these things out that are more involved than just getting your mail at the address.Ohio is not listed in this resource: http://www.ncsl.org/research/financial-services-an...But in many of the states listed, mortgage fraud is a felony.

I’m leaning toward concrete floors, so two levels with block and reinforced concrete has been my target.

You can't hit a target if you don't know what you are aiming my friend.

IMO that's taking advantage of investors who are not in the area.I have some contacts in my target city.

It's a great resource for meeting other investors and learning.  

In any event, your immediate network should be your first resource.

I do know of some programs/lenders who can help but typically will target min loan of $100k per asset.

I run the largest real estate investor group in Vegas....there you could plug in for networking and resources.