Paint every surface that can't be cleaned enough to look acceptable and ensure all the mechanicals are working properly.

Look to ensure that its value would increase by lots more than the cost of fixing it!

to originate loans for you to ensure that you're in compliance with the CFPB and Dodd Frank when lending to owner occupants.

I'm looking for guidance to the steps to take BEFORE I buy to ensure that I would be able to do those additions.

Do your due diligence and work your numbers using your best data, not theirs.Hope this helps.

While the new deed is held in escrow, and a memorandum has been filed for the contract,  this ensures no further liens can taken out of the property in the meantime, in addition to securing the sell.

Also look them up on your state/county courts data base. 

If so, what are some of the things you look for in that company to ensure the integrity of their record keeping?

That is not what homes will sell for since the data are already dated (0-90 days, 0.5-1 mile, +/- 10 years, 10% gla, acreage similar with adjustments applied).Sam Shueh Realtor

I feel this strategy will work best for me since I can continue to recycle my initial working capital over and over again which will allow me to scale quicker.The end goal is to have a large cash flowing portfolio which I'm prepared to work full-time at to ensure that I succeed.