I've been reading Brandon Turner's book, The Book on Rental Property Investing and am noticing a discrepancy.

I am trying to locate experienced investor friendly title companies and or attorneys to use for closings in the Kalamazoo, Portage, and Grand Rapids MI area.

Quote from @Josiah Horn: Just because a tenant tells you they've left doesn't mean they are off the lease or released from responsibility.Give notice of termination.

After the demo, there really is not much you can do to save outside of thinking outside the box on fixing whatever that might be that has come up. 

They sound like regular conversations where the RE professional/investor is genuinely interested in discovering the seller's pain points to help find a solution.All the best!

I am currently living in the master bedroom, and renting out the other 3 bedrooms.

We do, however, have to register in the State where the property is located.

If you aren't going to assume the loan as discussed in #2, then you could do a "Subject To" deal where you just take over payments BUT that is really only good for the seller if they are facing foreclosure.

No matter where you choose to invest, please keep in mind the following (copy & paste):--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

I'm in the Atlanta area.