Title All Endorsements - 140Title closing/Escrow 700Title Lender policy - 633Title Survey - 400Title Courier - 100

And i agree that the dirt might sometimes hide some treasures.However, things dont always work out that way....It takes a savvy investor to decifer where the treasure is....I will not advise anyone who is not experienced with rehab work to jump into it.....Neither will I advise sticking to TK unless, the seller has at least 12 months warranty on all major items.

Using a land trust in this situation is a trick to try to hide what you're doing from the lender.  

Long story short if done correctly it does a better job at hiding your assets likeYou said.

Desperately tried to cancel the warranties I had with a major national company, but they did everything in their power to hide how it could be done. 

Be truthful and do not hide anything. 

This hides the owner so that if you get sued by one tenant they don't know about your other properties.Lawyers are usually working on contingency so they go after low hanging fruit.

@Shiloh Lundahl I don't try and hide who I am and am kind and friendly to tenants.

Turns our he and his girlfriend used my apartment to hide all the breakins and robberies they were doing in another state.

Unless the seller was intentionally hiding a material defect that he was aware of at the time I don't think you'll have much recourse as you likely had an opportunity to perform due diligence inspections prior to the sale.