If you choose to accept it, make them apply and pass your screening, add them to the lease, and charge extra rent to make it worth your trouble.

Should she do that under a LLC or a trust if she intends to pass those properties to my sister and I should something happen to her?

My uncle passed away and left his house to the family trust where my dad is the executer.

I will pay the entire amount when the job is complete and passes my approval.Yes, you should have them fill out a W-9 and issue them a 1099 in January. 

In general, the major brokerages are somewhat greedy and they would prefer to keep both sides of the commission "in house", so before any new listing is posted to a site like LoopNet, Costar or Crexi, it is passed internally to every other broker in the office and then within the intranet for that company, to see if anyone has a party to do the deal with.

What is passing down the education in your will to your family worth?

Can you file 2 years of 1040's for a person that passed away in 2022 but has income for both 2022 and 2023?

If you own real estate in your own account and are just building wealth to pass on to your heirs, it works great. 

Overall, this has been a very positive project and the family is enjoying the extra guest/entertaining space.

My father passed and his trust became irrevocable.