After that experience, I conducted a search for other turnkey providers that offered a wider rage of contingencies, and was able to find a provider offering appraisal, tenant placement, and financing contingency, and ended up moving forward with this company for the deal. 

We are surrounded by the culture that insists we can do business with each other and not only become friends but family and conduct business long term!!

We conduct business in the Toledo, Sylvania, Perrysburg and Maumee and Bryan, Ohio markets.Toledo is mentioned along with other areas in the mid-west as a great place to buy investment properties at affordable prices with positive cash flow.  

This is the time when conducting DD you have to 100% rely upon specialists and not make your own decision.

I'd also be wary of RCW 61 depending on what exact conduct you are engaging in

Do not take any one else's word for "it should be alright"  Conduct your own due diligence. 

I conduct financial analysis on large apartments for an investment firm and can drill down into the potential of the property. 

Now, in that transaction to your buyer, you are extending credit, you are not Harry Homeowner, you are conducting business.

Hello, I'm a complete newbie at this so forgive me....but I just want to clarify something as I'm making a slight switch in my strategies and I'm heavily considering looking in buying multi-family units......I was on the most recent webinar that Brandon Turner conducted regarding newbies buying duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes.......(12/13/2017)I want to clarify something he said...and that was you can...once the numbers make sense....if you don't have any money...you can possibly use short term lending (private money, hard money, etc) to put up the money for the deal if the numbers make sense....then after purchasing the deal....after a short hold period which I think he said is about 6 months or so....re-finance the property and then use that money to pay of the original lender and now re-financed, it's under a legitimate mortgage and from that point forward you can do it again.....rinse and repeat.Is that correct?

You may need to forfeit the deposit, but you will be otherwise relieved from having to purchase the property.The inspection contingency says that you have the right to conduct an inspection of the property.