On occasion these letters have resulted in the parties entering a more formal easement agreement.

Hi BP community! I feel so late to the party, but also so thankful to have found Bigger Pockets while my wife and I were presented with a big (to us) multifamily opportunity a few months ago. We were able to learn so ...

If your wife’s family agrees, you could look into purchasing the home from the trust, possibly before it enters probate, which could save time and legal headaches.Reducing Closing Costs: One way to reduce closing costs is to negotiate a private sale among family members, which might save on agent commissions and some taxes.

However, once I entered escrow, he placed liens on the property, demanding an amount far beyond what I actually owe.

My question for investors: What is your protocol when entering one of these properties? 

I personal don't agree with investors entering the market with $20 to $30k.

This is very important though: Every person staying at the resort must be added to your room reservation or they will not be allowed to enter the property, including kids! 

Not sure what to do to document damage inside the house until someone can physically enter.2.

Some of our initial baseline, no-go, criteria when we first listed were: 600+ credit score, no evictions, no bankruptcy, and income 3x rent... however, after finding that very few interested parties were eligible to even "enter a review phase" of landlord verifications etc, we loosened up a bit and went to an objective scoring model that I tweaked from a few ideas obtained after speaking to both rental professionals in my local area and some on this forum. 

Greed doesn't enter into it.