Yes , they should be insured and carry workmans comp on their employees .  

ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) has been around for a little over 60 years.

Before you make an offer, contact your title agent partner to run a search in advance to find out what all my be going on internally with the seller and the property.  

This would leave you with some protection if the tenant were to sue or if you had an internal dispute, but not if you defaulted on your loan.

I'm considering supplying them with my inspection report where the inspector noted several components in either "Fair" or "Poor" condition. 

I work with several international investors actively building cash flow portfolios here in the U.S.

One: I was rehabbing a house for a large international client, the day before my walkthrough with a representative, someone stole the entire electrical box and meter.

Also remember the 5 needs of every transaction, 1-How much are they asking2-What do you think the property is worth3-Terms other than cash4-Your exit strategy5-What are the needs of the sellerThese 2 components will help you to go far! 

@Michael Le, @Michael Niemeier, @Bill F.According to the Greater Houston Partnership, despite a negative 10,000 in domestic population in Houston in 2017 (mainly due to oil/gas job losses), there was a positive 43,000 international and a net positive 33,000.

Looking to run internal analytics on my portfolio and have found both of these softwares.