@Athita Covington you could have the tenant and seller sign an Estoppel Certificate where they agree that all rents are paid  up and security deposit as well.

Are there certifications or classes I need to take to help out a property management company?

Try to request the death certificate at your county Viatical Statistics Dept.Whomever filed it out will be your first point of contact.

If that's the case, you can't do any renovations until you have it professionally deleaded or it would be flagged for Unauthorized Deleading and you can get fined and the property would never be able to get a Lead Certificate, only a letter of Environmental Protection that states you did illegal work, got caught, then had to pay a professional to clean up the mess.

I only own 1 property with a septic and the seller provided me with a cleaned out septic and a septic certification. 

How often are you using estoppel certificates on your small MF deals (2-4 units)?

If that's the case, you can't do any renovations until you have it professionally deleaded or it would be flagged for Unautohrized Deleading and you can get fined and the property would never be able to get a Lead Certificate, only a letter of Environmental Protection that states you did illegal work, got caught, then had to pay a professional to clean up the mess.

Robin, contact the City of Syracuse Codes office and request an inspection for the certificate of occupancy and let the building fail and then request the city place a condemned or similar notice. 

There are some other requirements around language in the company's operating agreement, but like the self-certification, that's likely something that could be done at this stage, too.  

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