Mandy - I think this article will come in handy for you:Assembling your Real Estate Investing Team

:-(Not tying to scare you, but your best bet is to NOT WAIT for estimates and send pics and your best guess as to what things are going to cost (outlined in a line item letter with corresponding amounts foe each item for which you are withholding Sec Dep $$).  

Mandy,I know for me here in Atlanta, each county has different software and a different process for reviewing documents filed for Probate.  

Always correspond via email so there is written record to bring suit in the event of misrepresentation.6.

I would assume the rents would correspond accordingly.

I'd also utilize the SFH comps and consider what it would take to convert to a SFH and try to get some kind of corresponding value that way.

The decrease in services or utilities is not accompanied by a corresponding decrease in rent or is otherwise unreasonable; or4. 

You do not need to correspond with the BK attorney for any post petition obligations those are the responsibility of the borrower.  

If you can share any letters or correspondence you use to notify the occupants would be greatly appreciated. 

There are probably corresponding discrepancies in appreciation as wellwww.rate.com publishes the avg $/sq ft for many zip codes, but I’m not sure how accurate it is.