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He is willing to sign a 5 year lease with me, I do renovations and then I can rent it out until the 5 years are up (I plan to include a buyout clause if he changes his mind) He gets the home renovated, I get into real estate without having to buy a home right now.

When hiring management make sure to thoroughly vet the management company before selecting one.

Now that the property is owned by the LLC, do I need to bug/confuse the tenants with having them sign a new lease with the LLCs? 

I have an investor lined up but he said he needs a signed purchase agreement before he proceeds further.

The duplex is fully rented with signed lease agreements and cash flowing well.I then had a quadplex under contract and attempted to finance this with the same bank and they told me they could not move forward with the loan due to me being “out of state” (I am based in California but moving to Nashville soon).

This coming week we should have 3 military family's signing leases and 4 non military leases signed.

What should I be aware of when signing a Buyer Agency Contract?

it all depends on the tax deed purchase program. 1031 exchange purchase requires seller to sign certain docs consenting to 1031 exchange.

I actually use the TREC contract as a positive to get people to sign without delay.