However, upon finally gaining access to the home it appeared that the water was running from every faucet in the house.

happy to help, but this is a broad question. 

Got to know about this group through "The Book on Rental Property Investing".

This documentation will be helpful if you ultimately decide to charge the tenant for repairs.

I've heard of folks using the equity in their rental properties to purchase additional properties and I'm trying to learn if this would make sense for me.

They say we will be better off working through them, with the developers they have approached.Are we better assembling ourselves and working with a developer(s), rather than going through this middle man?

Thanks Adam, this is clear.With a view to putting them in collections myself / seeking a judgement > is this "doable" when I'm based in Europe?

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Aiming for each part of the business to eventually fund itself is a solid plan, and a real estate CPA or attorney could help fine-tune everything for taxes and structure.

I’ll want to rent it out to other people and possibly add an ADU and do other renovations is this risky with the deed still in her name?