A reputable title company will keep things on track. 

You'll need to roll it over to a custodian (a company that holds and administers the IRA).

I also invest in other assets such as stocks, and private companies as well.

The insurance company loans you the money to pay themselves the interest on the loans.

- Agents and title companies I work with always expect EM to be delivered within 24 hrs of opening escrow.

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

Lots of property management companies sell turnkey flips and also have realtors that can find you value add properties, and they probably have contractors to recommend and even may handle the project management for you if you're going to use them to manage the property.

I'm not going to through out names, but there are companies that only take $500 at closing from an agent. 

I use one of the most expensive snow removal companies in town for a 16-plex that has 240 linear feet of sidewalk and 10,000 square feet of parking lot.

I own a mortgage company now that does both residential and commercial finance, but I spent years as a commercial banker with both big banks (First Union/Wachovia) and 2 community banks.