You may want to consider a local bank for more attractive terms. 

If no response from the tenant within their legally allowed time, file in your local l/t court. 

Good investments can be made in any market provided one has excellent local market knowledge. 

For every 100 people I meet who say they will never buy off MLS, I can probably show you 90-95 that haven't done a deal in the last year.

Hi, I am new here, new in RE in general, and I have a question, if there is anyone local from Akron I would highly appreciate the input.

This is the procedure: have a meeting of the minds, and then they send the check to the closing agent for closing.

I would definitely contact a local civil engineer or environmental engineering firm. 

I want to throw this out to the community to see if anyone would have some local expertise to know if market conditions should warrant a request for seller credit or break the contract. 

You can reach out to your local property tax people and they can explain it in more detail.  

First, go to your local REI meetups.