Personally, I do not want to leave a future taxable gain to my family. 

Only a few showings, which have gone well, but not one person has actually applied yet. 

We can't seem to get people to the property to tour in person or push them past the initial lead.

Make sure you take the step to transition connections from this forum into in person relationships, building your local RE network.

I can tell you to qualify for a hard money loan, which is a business-purpose loan (so this would be for investment properties, not a primary residence).

‘I assume this person is offering 10-15% more than you could get in a regular sale?

Especially if the deals you look at have been on the market for a while and aren't going to have multiple people looking to write on it.You could try having an additional person on your team who's niche is providing boots on the ground services.

I personally invest in the Ohio market, and my investments bring in good cash flow and appreciation.

You don't want to be the person buying the home that didn't sell, even in some creative situation as a new investor.

I have a fire stick but have my personal YouTube tv account set up right now.