Excess amounts paid are considered a down payment and that can always be refunded in any court.Ohio recognizes the uniform commercial code, as do all states, there is nothing unique about Ohio with respect to types of contracts and now, this year, the IRS makes the determination of an installment sale or purchase contract at which point other agencies can then follow suit with applicable laws to the type of contract you may have.Using the words "Option", "Optionee" and "Optionor" are not sufficient to define your intent to sell, that comes from the amount of money paid, the term of the agreement, the price agreed, and the likely intent of the buyer to execute the agreement.

Unless you can find a commercial lender that will qualify you to purchase them with a portfolio loan, then they will need to be acquired individually.

I have done this myself to find individuals and/ or services I need.

The keyword then would be specific to the individual property).Most of the popular text marketing platforms integrate with Zapier, which can then send the texts' information to Google Sheets.

If you were licensed, then you can only give referral fees to other licensed individuals.

I am an IT professional and I am not looking to replace my day job, but I am hoping to increase my knowledge and find like-minded individuals in my area that I could possibly work with on some projects. 

Thanks for the input.I'll looking at buying a unique property (no comps) that the seller purchased in 2003 and hasn't done any updating or major maintenance.

I'm from Bluffton myself... always looking to connect with other like-minded individuals, so shoot me a line sometime!

By focusing on the student market, I'll have the ability to rent entire units to pre-determined groups, or rent on a per room basis with individual students.  

Was it purchased by a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership, or was it purchased by a group of individuals.