If your funds are from a third party, then you'd need a letter from that party outlining what they are providing you with, and if they have no official standing (like a bank), from where they have the ability to offer those funds.

You won't get anything from the tenant but also won't get legislation to change based on the first interaction with your elected officials but you will plant a seed and you will have a lever to pull to vent to with someone who might actually be able to drive change! 

I didn’t started investing yet and I’m primarily interested in simply learning from people’s past experiences, talking about ways to officially jump in the business, etc.

Please excuse my ignorance, but when a property is placed “UNDER CONTRACT “ are you referring to an official California Department of Real Estate form?

I would have thought that the official EIN assignment form from the IRS would be the correct Full Legal name but, by dropping the "LP" it worked.

@Jonathan Bell If your long-term goal is to keep on buying apartment/rentals for a long time, then it will be good to create an LLC because it gives you credibility and reassures them that yours is a real business and thus making it more "official".

Assume "Yes", versus finding out when your local building official issues you fines.

Now the official close is set for next week.

I posted something along the lines of "my official wish list" which I envisioned that I had a billion dollars and could buy virtually anthing.

Come time to actually submit an offer, we HAVE to have that form signed to officially represent you, so at some point it does need to be signed.