Aloha,If you do not already have the former tenant's emergency contacts or other family members information, you should contact the Medical Examiner.

Brokers can look at tax records but past that they are not going to do title examinations and date downs again thats what title companies are in business for to protect buyers and protect your title..

Partnering with a Realtor can be troublesome when the market changes and he has cash flow problems.If you can examine his finances and determine he can stand alone w/o income from sales then an experienced investor partner, whether agent or not, may be a good fit.

I don't want to deal with property managers, let alone tenants who will get on my nerves by failing to pay rent or demanding a new stove, refrigerator, window, HVAC and etc., and breaking the drywall and kitchen cabinets with sledgehammer if I evict them for non-payment of the rent.

It is extremely important that you know the basics of real estate as agents learn for their examinations with the exception of state real estate commission related materials.70%, I'm sure after being here for years on this site, of the questions asked on BP have the answer in the basics of a formal education in RE.Can you, as a newbie (or more most here with years in doing what they do) imagine being able to give an intelligent answer to 70% of all the questions asked on this site after receiving about 2 weeks of training?

It says: It says this:INSPECTIONS: The buyer shall examine the property to determine that its in habitable condition, AS IS.

I am wracking my brain trying to find the best solution here but I’m not able to find many resources on this.I took out a mortgage in 2019 on a 4.25% FHA first time home buyers program where they credited me $3000 for my down payment.

When the light comes on everything will be viewed differently I think.I'm not going to beat this further, but much of it is pretty easy for those who were doing conventional financing before the sub-prime era.I've spent several hours, more than I should, trolling through the instructions for examiners of the CFPB.

Eventually you will may have the means to do deals without that partners funds and if all they contribute is cash, you might be better off with a different arrangement.Example: first 4 deals 50/50, then we re-examine or something like that.

Searching and examining title requires knowledge & experience.