#7 I almost think you are trying to get a perfect property with no work or effort on your part, that is easy to manage and will be hands off passive investment.   

They will do a Good title search that no liens or mortgage issues with the firemineral rights transfer, easements, a survey, type things need to be clear.glad you escaped the fire with your health is main thing

Read The Hands-Off Investor.Important to keep in mind here in late 2024:  The market has been in a down cycle for the last three years. 

I buy one or two month T-bills so that I have Cash on hand if and when I want it.

Total hands off, perfect property, with awesome tenants who pay on time or early and never ask for any repair. 

Investors that close on a property and just hand it off to their PM without any oversight many times doesn't yield the expected result.

The major point to that statement is anything else but cash in your hand is speculation.

Do it yourself is almost never recommended, although I’ve done some simple deed transfers myself.  

Flipping is probably a little more intense, but can still be done with a day job, but again, my average flip versus my average rental: flip has made much better returns.And as for generational wealth and handing down something to your kids... well, I guess I view it as: if I can hand my kids a $10mm trust fund held in public securities, or $10mm real estate portfolio, they are going to be pretty set either way, but a real estate portfolio will continually have costs and work, a brokerage account is a bit more set and forget, with some periodic rebalancing.

In my experience all liens and rights for ownership and tenancy do not run with the title once the sale and transfer of deed to you is made.