Stated: Previous addresses on application match previous addresses on credit report, application filled out completely/correctly, specify # of instances and how long ago criminal activity needs to be, no bankruptcy in past 3 years, not turned into collections (you effectively have this), no evictions.Non published things to look at: smoker, pets, has bank account, has lived at previous addresses for over 1 year, roots in the community, not fussy, how long indicates plans to stay, how well their desired move in date aligns to your date, has sued or been sued.

Not only does this require you to do some due diligence on searching the whereabouts of the deceased person and their heirs, it requires you to present the motion and publish certain advertisements in a legal publication and local newspaper.

As for the FTB, they have a different perspective published on their website, but I think I would agree with you that it’s an unenforceable perspective inconsistent with the tax code (in my non-lawyer opinion and pending further input on the parallel thread I linked earlier).

The Orange County Register published an article by me on that topic.

As used in this chapter: (A) "Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration does any of the following: (1) Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate; (2) Offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate; (3) Lists, or offers, attempts, or agrees to list, or auctions, or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction, any real estate; (4) Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate; (5) Operates, manages, or rents, or offers or attempts to operate, manage, or rent, other than as custodian, caretaker, or janitor, any building or portions of buildings to the public as tenants; (6) Advertises or holds self out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, or leasing real estate; (7) Directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which does or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, or renting of any real estate; (8) Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby the broker undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both, except that this division does not apply to a publisher of listings or compilations of sales of real estate by their owners; (9) Collects rental information for purposes of referring prospective tenants to rental units or locations of such units and charges the prospective tenants a fee. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4735 Originally posted by K.

If you arn't going to get the numbers right, you might as well just make a list and publish it, no?

Have a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog 4.

Freddie Mac publishes a weekly survey of rates from around the country.

Additionally, do I have to publish this in newspapers as one has to for newly formed entities? 

You are my new BP hero for the "rule test" :) Can you publish that somewhere in gigantic bold neon letters so people stop comparing what they find to all the "rules"?