Also, a reason not to accept a security deposit from a nonprofit or social service agency is because if you get into a conflict with the tenant, the organization will "advocate" for them, including legally, and may be quite absurd (and incorrect) about the level of "rights" they claim for the tenant, and this is super stressful, and also, now you have a very entitled tenant who thinks you're obligated to put up with all sorts of awful behavior- because they've been erroneously led to believe that they have excessive "rights."   

Also ask yourself, how organized are you?

I started attending this meetup organized by @Kyle Mitchelland it's great. 

Every condo, townhouse and SFH can be sort of viewed as a living organism.

It has really grown and is a fantastic tool to connect with real estate investors nationwide and in your local market. 

If for whatever reason records do not exist or are not well-kept as to an asset, then the asset is deemed to be "non-associated" and is thus available to the creditors of any tranche or the parent organization, i.e., it is up for grabs for whichever creditor of any series or the parent organization gets to the asset first.

need help to make sure i have the right steps ( basic format) -find cash buyers & their criteria -drive for dollars , organize info into my laptop-find comparable prices to what its ARV could be - call the owners & pray that they are motivated & find out if they owe anything - find a contractor to help me estimate the rehab costs -offer -pray that they sign -go to title company ( & say what?

BTW - I am the organizer of the Cincinnati Wine Meetup :)      - Debbie

Here are my recommendations: Plumber Henry's Handy Men Donna is the point of contact and extremely responsive and organized. 

So birth certificate, certificate of live birth from hospital... social security card... blood type... organ donation later....