I agree with Kevin on getting an estimate for the repairs before you officially close.

Not officially but they are on the site.

Or just have your renter pay without any official request or any invoices? 

I will be contacting my city and county officials right away and will let you know how it turns out.

Another big part is just to officially have a business entity to help separate personal and business finances in an official manner.We will do a quit claim deed in the future to transfer the title into the LLC. 

Then, two weeks ago, I received another letter regarding the same violations, this time with an official notice and a court hearing date in Lorain.

These changes aren’t immediately reflected in official statistics but affect household incomes and consumer confidence.

I’m Elani, and while I’m not new to BiggerPockets, I’ve never officially introduced myself!

“You’re not taking your old dirt to your new place,” Torres said.Maricopa’s constables, who also handle other court business such as serving subpoenas, are elected public officials who run in partisan elections.

No matter if you try to help, if they can exploit you they often will.Like others have mentioned you need a license and even when you don't if something goes wrong, you could face lawsuits if you even smell like giving them official advice.My REAL advice however is this, and I hope you take this warning seriously.Let's talk about foreclosures for a second.According to data a few years ago (it is worse now) every 3000 mailers will get you 1 deal, which makes the chances of them wanting to sell their house 0.03%.This means 99.97% of the time, when you approach someone in foreclosure they are not interested in selling.So understand what you are factually doing...You are going through all this trouble to EXPLICITLY try to find people that do NOT want to sell their house (people in foreclosure), to try to get them to sell their house?