@Troy Smith - if you buy a new primary home its 5% down for a conventional loan or maybe FHA works as well with 3.5% down. 

@brendan Harrison, I wish I had more information to give you.

Ohio, however is a hybrid state offering tax deeds and certificates (I saw online that only the counties with populations > 200,000 offer the lien certificates).So, my question is: Does any one know of any resources that are more specific than what I've come across...that provide detailed information of specific counties or states (as opposed to just general information, or sales pitches for classes that cost $1000's)?

Be careful with the tenant, as well, as stated herein. 

This number seems very high considering we just bought the house a year ago, and we know buyer is also paying a title fee as well (we did that last year).

The leak was pretty severe and ended up going into the garage, so we had to dry out and ventilate the garage as well. 

If we have to pay for housing anyway, we might as well make the most of it.

@Russell Brazil posts about this frequently - better to do repairs yourself and hold in escrow than have seller do it as you never know how well it’s done.

That's exactly how a lender or creditor would treat the situation, as well.

Just curious what anyone's results have been hiring someone direct from one of the mentioned sites vs the more expensive well known SEO companies.