My idea would be to put the word out in my community that any random person who brought me a lead, I would pay a fee to IF I closed.My community is fairly small and word of mouth travels really, really fast here.

That may not be the most shrude business decision but it seems fair to me.

In order to avoid any Fair Housing issues, this really should come down to what do your published screening requirements state about a bankruptcy (in addition to credit, income, criminal record, etc)?

It was 4 mm, fairly  nice quality, and easy to install.

NOW, as a buyer, I can understand how helpful it is for me to have the TDS before I pay to have any inspections completed, because anything on the TDS related, for example, to a past roof leak could be looked at during roof inspection, or related to a past fungal/dry rot issue could be looked at by pest inspection to ensure the past repairs held through time.

I'm fairly new to buying rental homes, I have 4 under my belt.

What steps does my contractor need to take to ensure water damage is properly addressed to avoid future problems, and how do I follow up from out of state to ensure these steps are being implemented?

If the real estate is then distributed in-kind from the self-directed IRA to the IRA participant, a fair market valuation/appraisal is required, with taxes due based on the value of the property at time of the distribution.

I'm fairly new here as well so take my opinion with a grain of salt and hopefully some more experienced investors can chime in as well. 

He is really a nice guy and I don't think he would rip me off, and if he did, well, that would just be the last deal we did together.Does this sound fair and reasonable?