It maintains our presence and involvement with the properties and allows us to “inspect” them without officially inspecting the property. 

Atlanta is growing like crazy and though I doubt we'll get Amazon, there is a new announcement of a tech company moving here seemingly every day. 

Aside from those few questions I would absolutely love any advice or bits of knowledge before I officially become a landlord.

They aren't out yet, obviously, so they haven't been able to start their businesses officially but I get to see the plans they have for them.

Now the owner is telling them that because of the type of loan on the property, he cannot do a contract for deed, nor can it officially be a rental with a lease.

What we do know now:Tenant has changed locks.House has some issue with sewer gas coming up into the home, which may have happened from property managers husband plumber fixing pipes as we did a huge repair and it started around then.Tenant is now reducing rent by 1/3 legal in New Mexico because of sewer gas.People who we have tried to look at the property to fix the problem have refused to work there because the tenant is freaking them out and talking about lawsuits and looks like she is on drugs.People now keep mentioning drugs to us, but when we spoke to the officials they had no records of tenant other than a fresh eviction before our house. 

Nothing official on the books per se.

I know that I can't build an "official" multi family home.

That sort of thing.If all goes well, I bid the minimum bid plus one, and the officiating sergeant ends the sale.

I do also vaguely recall hearing an announcement that BP released (or was releasing) their own forms for Pennslyvania.