It also may not be in the statutes and either buried in court precedents or still an undecided issue.

Just because the landlord does not live in the property does not mean they are not afforded 4th amendment rights.The way the court would look at a statute like that is to see if there is a true compelling interest of the state that could not otherwise be administered without violating the individual rights of the landlord.

"I need to check the batteries in the fire alarms and change the filters," gets me into a house whenever I feel like it.Check your local statutes concerning prepaid rents, typically you need to hold it in a separate bank account and slowly transfer it each month as you 'earn' it. 

Note that the statute contains no significant defenses for well-meaning sellers who thought they were giving the buyer a good deal, even if the whole arrangement was the buyer's idea in the first place.Accordingly, the risks to an investor of engaging in executory contracts have nearly eliminated their use in the residential context."

There is a way to make them pay out sooner but, in the long run, the state statute provides that the life of a lien can exist for 7 years. 

I didn't catch all of that when I read through the statute, I'm going to have another look at it. 

if this is true in your state, you do not have a lease (a lease can of course be oral unless this statute of frauds applies). 

As Tom Gimer wrote, the search time for a title policy varies by statute and local custom but in either case I doubt a search would have gone back to 1922. 

Most larger QI firms will all work nationwide because 1031 is a federal statute that is practiced exactly the same nationwide. 

Both of these issues could be solved very handily by a reverse 1031 exchange.In a 1031 exchange you must always by statute close the sale of your property before you accept title to the new property.