If he has any idea of what he’s doing at all, he will have HIS attorney produce the closing documents on the loan side, and will wire the funds to the title or escrow company with instructions to fund only when certain conditions are met, which include all documents executed and notarized where appropriate, title company in a position to offer title insurance, exemptions to title policy deleted, down payment secured, property free and clear of all liens and encumbrances or all liens and encumbrances paid off at closing, personal guarantees if required, business purpose documentation executed, property insurance in effect with lender named as loss payee and or additional insured, and anything else deemed important by the lender and or his attorney.Of course, there are many inexperienced, unknowledgeable, and generally incompetent investors wanting to get into private lending after reading a book who often want to seem more competitive by not requiring the borrower pay for an attorney, appraisal, title report, survey, etc.  

There will always be something going on in the market that can put a concern in someone's head about whether they should invest or not. Are

The regulations include that the home either needs to be "owner occupied" in a notarized letter, a management company running it, or a responsible person being 30 minutes away.

Got it notarized.

Got it notarized.

We get notarized lienwaivers along the way, for each payment, from most of our contractors. .'

You have to show it to have documents notarized don’t you?

You bring the Super (or his notarized statement) and a copy of the water bills to court.

But some areas need notarized signatures to record.

If using a local law firm, they can do a US notary but need at least 15 business days to send back the documents to the US after notarizing.