I couple that have not been mentioned that we have generally steered away from are knob and tube wiring and retaining wall issues. 

Whenever I sell a property I retain mineral rights if they were not previously reserved. 

This is more likely to be someone with more money that is trying to retain it rather than grow it.  

Inform your lender that the title company will take care of everything and that they may call her.They can generate the note and deed of trust common for your area, they have an attorney in house or on retainer and they will tell you what the charge will be, probably $100 or so for the note.Your lender needs to provide certified funds to the closing company ahead of settlement, they can tell you when they need good funds.Sit back, wait, go to closing, the title company will take care of documents, disclosures required and filings.I also suggest a loan servicing company, search the benefits here on BP for my posts concerning "Loan Servicing".

A "Short Pay" is 'paying' the Mortgagee off for less than what is due while the Borrower retains title.  

If we accept a tenant who is greater risk, we will require an additional security deposit, which we explain up front in our rental criteria.Some jurisdictions restrict the amount and manner in which you can obtain a security deposit or other deposits, and under which circumstances the landlord can retain some or all of the deposit after the tenant vacates the unit. 

They promised to build a community here but couldn't even RETAIN the original members!

Account Closed  not trying to scare him... the fact is in many states a loan on a SFR 1 to 4 units regardless if its for business purposes or to an LLC and regardless if the lender is accredited or not requires a NMLS licensed mortgage broker to handle the transaction and unless the Portal is licensed in that state or has retained a broker in that state to handle the transaction if a lender just goes direct and makes more than two loans ( 2 loans are usually excluded in most states as mom and pop and not in the business) there needs to be  NMLS broker somewhere in the transaction and licensed in the state..

Once you've done that, you confer with an attorney experienced in real estate syndication, and retain him.

Do you have any study tips that might help me retain all this info?