I also thought there were tax advantages to having an LLC I.e home offices, trust for after death not having probate / death tax etc.

Recently acquired a single family property through a death in the family. 2000sqft property needs a full gut and plans to turn into a 2 family.

Related to what @Rick Pozos indicated, you need to get a time of death (TOD) appraisal.  

Deposits will not be returned (full or partial) until all tenants move out.In the event of abandonment, arrest or death, the following person has the authority to decide when to terminate tenancy and how to store/distribute my belongings:Name: ____________________________________________________Address: ____________________________________________________Phone #: ____________________________________________________

most felonies are micro managed to death on probation and required to keep job against all odds like discrimination, biased etc so if they have verifiable income treat them same. 4. 

They find and fix the deals and we sign the checks.The idea was amazing for people whose time is completely eaten up by our employers, looking for a way to create retirement with rental income.However, that is not at all what he did.In reality, he found the crappiest oldest homes ( more like death traps), that no other knowledgeable investor would touch, and upsold them to us for $20-50K more than they were worth, lied about the numbers, and charged us for repairs he never did.

The squatters rights laws in California scare me to death! 

Tenants who inform the LL that they walk around naked have been the death of many landlords I hear. 

After a  few deaths in my family over the past 3 years, I've inherited 5 properties.

In that regards I would rather prefer to build a mutual beneficial connection rather than one that only benefits one side, even as a newbie there's something that can be offered that is of value.And I would rather that you're blunt rather than sugar coat things, in several discussions I found instances where wholesalers took advantage of sellers through P&SA contracts, inspection clauses and closing dates and were unable to fulfill there obligations to the sellers and preventing the seller from getting other buyers during the validity of the contract, I means it's quite unfair.But there where other instances where wholesalers had built credibility by the manner in which the death, I mean that is what builds a good relationship and make room for future referrals.I would still like to know your thoughts on Wholesaling and wholesalers, please do not sugar coat, let it out just as you see it. it.