Account Closed If the contractor is licensed, you could always go to the government authority in charge of issuing those types of licenses and report him.

It looked something like:This LEASE AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement") made and entered into on this 1st day of March 2019 by and between:PROPERTY OWNER LLCBy: MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC (its authorized agent)whose mailing address is PO Box 123, Anywhere, ME, 12345 (hereinafter referred to as "Landlord")andJim Smith and Jane Smith (herein collectively referred to as "Tenant")The names were never really an issue for me until we went to court for an eviction hearing.

She should have full signing and decision making authority over the estate.

Don't do them and the gov quits paying you.If your Section 8 housing authority has seminars, go to one. 

The investment vehicles you mentioned seems interesting and there are also great books on "long distance real estate investing" (including an often recommended BP one authored by David Greene with that title).  

I am the only person with the decision making authority for investments for these trusts.

Mention the city name and/or county name and/or housing authority name, you want people with keyword alerts set up for that (who are likely in your area) to see this post. 

However, in general you would start with the taxation authority (municipality or provence) and the land registry for the province.  

Sometimes it is a relative acting for an owner who is not competent to sign and no legal declaration to that affect giving authority, sometimes just someone pretending to be the owner, sometimes just scammers.Make sure that you have clear government issued id for the seller and it is really the owner, and all owners are checked out.Also you need to ensure that the renters do not have issues or long term agreements. 

@Ram Venkat your handyman is not authorized to make a repair on the landlords property .