If it's PA i can tell you if you sell anything or physically do anything there then you would have to register as a foreign co. but there is a line that says if you only invest and it's passive income, then you do not have to register your co. but everyone will tell you should. best to check a states web site or attorney in the state.

I have to admit that it's cheap: 3.5%, but you get what you pay for.I'd be happy to consider alternatives, preferably web/app based since I live 400 miles away and ideally I'd like to do everything over web/app/email.

I actually came across Golden Elite earlier today on web search for bathroom vanities.  

@Anthony DiRico  This one might be worth hiring a web-app developer to turn the account numbers into hyperlinks and auto extract high interest cells, like assessment breakdown, when purchased, absentee and addy.

You need to start at square one by doing extensive research through web sites such as this one.

Click on the top few and either fill out their web form, or call the number on their site. 

I forgot to mention a key point in their sales pitch, said they avg around 25 leads per agent each month, mainly from their web traffic and they do not charge for leads.

Observe, don't bid.Carefully watch others, listen to their conversation Inspect the property - listen to others as they inspect the house, observe how careful they are, checking water pressure, looking at water marks, cob webs, negative things -- trying to jestify a price or deciding that it's something they don't want. 

I haven't dug very deep into the forums yet but it's good to know that there is information out there for me that isn't scattered all over the web and I can just find in one place.

Cash-out refinance w/n a yr.