We need to agree on sales strategy first)- Checked out the records: No liens, property taxes all paid, seller is the real owner.- He's asking $130,000 as lowest price for the home- Home appraised for $117,000 in 2014 according to records- Current comps show right around $120,000 in his area- (Sidenote: Seller paid $70,000 for the home back in 2010)I approached him asking if he would consider a lease purchase. 

I might be a bit biased since that's exactly what I am, but if you can find a Realtor with background as a PM and a successful track record as an investor, you'll probably get great help finding the right properties.

That video was recorded last year.

No you dont, you might want to involve a lawer to make sure that your transaction is recorded properly. 

You can obtain a copy of any recorded security instrument from the county for a relatively small fee.

If she did get a title report at the end of the probate then it just makes sense to just grant deed it with a recorder and take it to the county office.

For the record tenant just brought a second Harley Davidson motorbike,  an SUV, and his wife does have a job, and yet he does not want to pay his rent. 

Mostly because your referral fee and the wait for said fee won't entice them enough to steer their clients away from the other vehicles that truly get them paid.What you, and every other investor who wants their own private money partners should do is run an MLS search of all properties in your farm area that were clearly flips in the last 24 months, then Redfin each property and look at the recorded transactions to see if deeds of trust were placed on the property when first purchased, then run a title search of those deeds to see who the beneficiaries are, then track down those beneficiaries any way you possible can...and convince them to work with you.Good luck sir!

I am sure $20K in legal fees, recording, and reserves would be needed to do that.So, keep it simple and build a 5-plex or 6-plex of side by side townhomes that an investor would love to buy because the rents support the value.

Your intentions were proper, nobody's  going to foreclose, or put a blacks mark next to your name in the record book.