Have you had any prior experience with section 8 or it's your first s8 rental? 

So are you spending $100s of dollars per property prior to the tax deed auction for title research? 

Are there any lenders or resources out there that can provide DSCR loans or other types of loans that are less than 100K and don't require prior ownership history?

Here is a clause from a Heloc I have that would be relevant:Trustor agrees that the nature of the occupancy and use will not substantially change without Lender's prior written consent.

The goal is to keep track of all of your losses, paper or otherwise. 

If you transferred your ownership share to his name now he wouldn't have owned it 100% for the prior two years. 

I'll be sending it to my tenants a week prior to move-out.

I'm quoted in this article 8 months prior to the settlement predicting just that.https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/01/06/nar-ver...

I normally do a rough estimate alone prior to the offer, then have a contractor quote it in option period - honestly I dont even do that anymore, I just go a little more detailed into the numbers and make sure they are around what my contractor normally charges.

Activities that deal with electrical or plumbing should be outsourced to avoid more expensive issues unless you have some prior experience with the simpler repairs in each.