As a lawyer, I've seen too many crazy situations. 

If you are dealing in retail or larger commercial projects, a NY attorney should be able to help you as long as they have what we call a "local counsel" consultant or a member of their firm with some knowledge in that State, which most commercial lawyers do.

Talk to a lawyer, but I wouldn't be too concerned about acquiring property after she has been served divorce papers.if she hasn't been served, I'd address with a lawyer.

I’ve also been told I may need a lawyer to figure it out.

I've been speaking with my CPA (who obviously isn't a lawyer) & my compliance coach from the business who set up my first LLC. 

We've reached out to the seller first to see if anyone has accepted then we will call a lawyer.  

Initials verify that the Tenants understand this paragraph.I am not a lawyer nor am I giving legal advice by providing this information.  

Office Supplies (e.g. stamps, envelopes)SoftwareGas/MileageAdvertising + Payroll12) Lawyer/Law office/Legal fees13) Accounting/Bookkeeping/CPA/Tax preparer/Tax advisor

@Matthew McNeilThe BEST books on Cash Flow which tells you exactly what it is, how to use it, and why you should really study the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and it's derivatives, is this one: What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow..However, you will need to understand Excel Functions and how general spreadsheets work.The other issue is that the Author, Frank Gallinelli, probably makes the assumption that most of the readers of this book have at least High School Math.I will tell you from my own teaching of Adults, there is NO WAY the average American Adult, including Doctors, Lawyers, etc. remembers Math to the extent of High School.Yes, you don't need to know Pre-Calc, but people get so confused with Math.

As a lawyer you could supercharge your deal finding ability by working in probates... either by focusing on it yourself (although would this be a conflict of interest?)