3) Should I take a trip out to Massachusetts and place a lock on the deceased tenant's door to prevent theft?

and still has about 2-3 more trips to go!

(Plus he gives me part of the rent, but not all when he does not work enough so its multiple trips to get it all.) 

Betsy Hughes is a local appraiser who used to do desktop appraisals for TRIG members for $150 - as long as you provide photos and she can come up with the valuation without a trip to the property.

I just need to figure out how to put the LLC on the title without tripping the “due at close” clause for conventional mortgage financing when switching ownership/title to an LLC.

Usually we have refurbed the house and advertise it when the interior is done and we're still on site working on the outside, that way we don't make a special trip.

The main thing that I think trips people up when looking at this is that there may not be the rehab component of it.  

My maintenance guy can make a trip during the day to do the normal work orders and such.Anyone have any success putting out an ad in the newspaper or whatever for an on-call property manager privately as a 1099 employee?

The breaker likes to randomly get tripped.

I think actually sticking to their standards is where a lot of people trip up.