I have a private "lender" who in the past has floated me the money until I get my check but since moving out of state, this becomes more difficult as we need to do wire transfers etc...My question.

@Angelo Pozzuto even if you had an LLC you should still purchase in your own name for a better rate, then transfer into your LLC.

All recordings that have transfer tax are exempt.However, if there was an instance where it was due, it would be debited to the party paying for the recording fee for that item. 

We can't predict the future, but if you look carefully at the growth data it’s pretty solid to support that Boise/Meridian is going to see healthy growth during the next several years.

Sure - there is documentation that goes along with it, such as a credit report and pay stubs that can expire, but if that credit report or paystub has the SAME DATA in 90 days, the information is still good - therefore your approval is still good.  

Flood insurance is underwritten by the Feds, unless this has changed, so the rates should be fairly standard.The elevation cert can help narrow down the risk rate because it gives hard data for the property.

One way it to look at the property's chain of title--any gift deeds or deeds that transfer ownership to a trust?

From there you can validate and cross reference info with city data site and govt sites.  

Check out these images, you can see all this data at NEFAR This gives you perspective in Jacksonville, FL of when you should have bought as compared to where we are now. 20112018Newbies into Real Estate, know that while we may never get back to 2011 prices, there is no need to buy at the top of the top of the market. 

I was told my Certified checks that were made out to “MY LLC” would not be accepted to transfer over to the sheriff office and my winning bid was nullified and the property was re-auctioned.