If they lied, you better know before you think about having that person as a Partner.To make sure my Partners are honest and responsible, they go through a very meticulous procedure:1) They MUST provide their Credit Reports.

You learn how to do it after you MAKE your first deal and you experience all the flaws of that first experience and then you know the steps, the procedure, then you tweak... and tweak.. and tweak, till you find your perfect system.

I am not saying anyone is out to take advantage of you but protocal is protocal and procedure is procedure, you have to make sure because no one else is going to do it for you.

in affected areas first.Taking out drywall is also fairly easy (big hammer, regular hammer, and flat prybar is about all you need) but is very messy so enclose the work area, wear protection and ventilate it.Note if if this is a pre 1978 house which it looks like it is,   and you plan to rent it,  then legally speaking you must be lead paint certified and follow abatement procedures when removing or disturbing more than six square feet of painted surface in any room. 

NC is in general favorable to landlords, but you have to make sure you've followed the right procedure to get on the court's good side. 

It goes into detail about some of the procedural stuff that no other book I found went over (specifically operating agreements, PPM, How to approach brokers etc). 

Although probates are public information, procedures on how to look up probates vary from state to state.

The landlord can owe up to triple damages if they don't follow the exact procedures. 

Great feedback Rabih, are there any issues or certain procedures to overcome for non US residents?

Each state has a Division of Real Estate who oversees broker operations & requires broker's to adhere to incredibly strict accounting procedures, audits and care of all of this money that flows in & out of their hands that is that of the client's (you) or the tenant's.