From there your due diligence would be the same for any other house such as roof and mechanicals and then run the numbers.

In Texas,  only IRS, Child support, mechanics liens(only if it had to do with that property) and a few other would attach due to our homestead protections

"Fix handle on rear bedroom $56.00""Replace mechanisms in lower bathroom toilet by qualified certified plumber $235.00""........."

I am looking to get involved in the real estate world with an emphasis on rental properties.

Keep going till you fill all units.There's plenty of other important mechanics of landlording, but you can figure out the other stuff as you go. 

The mechanism is that she will do a 1031 exchange and take $250K in boot. 

This is for architectural work only, and does not include the work of the other consultants (structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, etc.).So without having any other information but these several sentences from this architect, what is the best way to evaluate the offer from an architect?

ac unit to mechanical issues you pay. 

I understand there is a mechanism that allows a child to buy a home from their parents and retain the original real estate tax basis under California Prop 58. 

I have a singed contract with both of our signatures on it, a copy of the check used to pay him, and a "Receipt and Waiver of Mechanics Lien Rights" singed by him.