2. But only Keras 1 is available for SSD (Single Shot MultiBox Detector) though seems like you can customize it to enable Keras 2.
EDIT: It was too difficult to make and train models for tensorflow od api. Maybe SSD or Yolo is better!
3. Tutorial of Tensorflow OD API: https://medium.com/@WuStangDan/step-by-step-tensorflow-object-detection-api-tutorial-part-1-selecting-a-model-a02b6aabe39e