Ann Arbor and Sterling Heights should be completely fine, just take normal safety precautions.

Any suggestions on what precautions and procedures i should consider when it comes to section 8?

What precautions should I take ...do I need to put him on the lease?

I am more of "real" meet-ups with safety precautions given a pandemic.  

If you're new to investing you want to take precautions going in to insure there is money to be made outside of the wholesalers assignment fee!  

I plan on taking all precaution when it comes to finding a good tenant.

What precautions can I take to make sure that the agent is looking for my best interests.

The pipes and trees aren’t urgent, it’s just precautions.

This was also around the time that he told me he was feeling sick and needed to take COVID precautions. 

If you switch out to personal name, your insurance policy is no longer covering the rightful owner - you.Also, once it is in your personal name, you have now lost the liability protection from holding in an entity, therefore, you should increase your liability insurance as a covered precaution (assuming you have other personal assets to protect).