BTW, you get what you pay for - the cheaper ones are robotic/scripted while the good ones (more expensive) have presence, personality and situational awareness -  which helps with appointment setting. 

I'm looking to do a personal project of mine where i'll be building my own personal residence and decided to do it with just straight cash, and the idea was to cash-out refinance the property after it's completed.

Does anyone have any suggestions for finding some self storage investor meet ups in the northeast Ohio area?

It sounds like you want a personal loan from a bank.

How do you let the applicant know that despite paying for the credit and background check them may not be choosen without making it seem like it is a personal thing?

He does my personal taxes and everything for my 10 apartment complexes, partnership returns etc.  

Personal loan

Unemployment will tick up heavily end of Q1 into Q2 and that's when the realization of this consumer debt: personal savings disaster that's been brewing will show up.

Personally I am not handy so going through a GC would be best.

These typically are not reported to credit bureaus and also do not affect your debt to income ratio which frees up your credit for personal loans that you may need in the future as well as does not limit you to the amount of loans that you can have as a buy and hold investor.