From my understanding, only specific people can attain death certs. 

Also, too many people are scared to death of the hood, so there's that.Anywhos...I'll probably just start fixing and then offer those to locals.

The pics on on the national news, death toll is now at 90 and expected togo up.

It's my concern that I wouldn't really do any of it well and would end up slowly starving to death so to speak.

Basically, the government says (if I'm reading this right) that if you deny a tenant based on something you discovered in their screening - whether it came from their credit report or not - you have to follow some very specific protocol and send them:1.) the name, address and telephone number of the CRA that supplied the consumer report, including a toll-free telephone number for CRAs that maintain files nationwide;2.)a statement that the CRA that supplied the report did not make the decision to take the adverse action and cannot give the specific reasons for it; and3.) a notice of the individual's right to dispute the accuracy or completeness of any information the CRA furnished, and the consumer's right to a free report from the CRA upon request within 60 days.According to this document, even if you require an additional security deposit - you still need to give them this information.

Death, incapacitation, spouses, and children are others.And, yes, you will disagree on the smallest issues.

Dale, on top of all the good information you have received here I would definitely add an exit strategy which would include a time frame to sell, refi or just revisit our original agreement to see if there are any changes we both agree on.Also in dealing with the death of one or both partners, I have heard that life insurance can be purchased to help with the buyout if necessary upon the death of one of the partners.

To be honest, the eQRP link below seems a little sales-y and looks like a lot of those "to-good-to-be-true-learn-how-to-make-money-fast-and-easy-and-more-so-much-more" website offers that we all come across in the real estate world and I just immediately close the internet browser window because I'm afraid I'm going to get spammed to death with emails. 

Now subsequent to that they are wanting to gift some of that investment property to an heir pre-death without triggering gain.There are ways to do that including annual gifting and one time gifting or the setting up of a new trust entity but they'll want to work with their accountant to determine the best course of action.

I thought I was getting a good deal when they offered 6% of income and I negotiated down to 5%.Now I am being nickeled and dimed to death, dealing with a very disorganized company, terrible marketing strategy which result in 5 months (cumulatively between teo properties) and poor decisions being made from the property management company to solve tenants problems costing more money than it should.Needless to say, very poor experience and I am less than pleased.Before hiring this company I was managing them myself from in the area and didn't have many issues other than dealing with an older home with the occasional call to the handyman when my time was spread thin and honestly felt like it was possible to do from afar but didn't want to risk issues down the road and wanted a TRULY passive experience.Here is my current situation:I live in chicagoTwo single family rentals in Wisconsin One condo rental in chicagoOne single family rental in Louisville KYWorking on another rental in chicago currently Is it worth it to hire someone near me to manage from afar and develop contacts such as a handy man in the respective areas to manage?