I have taken the preliminary actions I need to in order to have the groundwork laid for my business, but right now it's going to be another 2ish weeks of just waiting.  

An O&E report is often used by buyers at auctions to be aware of current title matters.If you do enough business with a title company, you might ask for a preliminary title search, about the same as the O&E but stating title is insurable subject to a final search, I've obtained these free, but I also did tons of deals with them too.Good luck :)   

I had also asked her to send me the "will" so I want to make sure it's legit before I proceed.I'm going to fill everything out and give her to sign at notary place:_ Affidavit of death_ Grant deed_ Preliminary transfer of ownership_ Purchasing contractPlease let me know what else would I need to give me, much appreciated!

My preliminary searches through the MLS (Redfin.com) don't show very many distressed looking properties, and even the lowest sales don't seem to provide a sufficient spread between sales price and ARV.

(preliminary title search in process).  

I would wager that this is the case for 99% of the members on the site asking this question.

You are looking at 1500 to 3500 ish to get a geological evaluation done and some preliminary design work.  

I'm doing some preliminary searches for a multifamily property within 20 miles of where I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago (Schaumburg) which will be my 2nd rental property.  

I am hoping there is some way to look up the property addreses in order to do preliminary analysis and get a property profile to establish if the property is something I'd wanna even make an offer on, BEFORE I contact the attorney or executor.

I'd wager a guess there is a US bank or Fedex office or something private that has a shorter wait time.