I'm moving to Texas and I want to start a rental property company.  What licenses do I need as the owner to make sure that everything is legitimate?  What licenses does the person leasing the property for me need as w...

Best option is to find a wholesaler in that area that is willing to do a co wholesale with you.

One thing that some of the locals co plain about is when they started to build some of the massive car plants in the burbs. 

So apart from searching BP for investors in your area, how about drive-by's - even contractors (especially those doing reno's) can be a valuable source of information about local investors they know of or have worked for.Hows about dropping into your local Title Co, not a BP resource, but I'll bet they'll be aware of investors who buy from them on a "regular" basis (whatever 'regular" may be in your location).Good luck.

IDK about MA, but creating an LLC here in CO takes about 5 minutes and costs $50 on the Secretary of State's web site. 

I wouldn't agree to anything repair wise until he shows you whats required to be done and why....if you have a co problem youve got a ducting/ventilation issue and 900 seems awfully expensive

Had a small issue with my property in Colorado when I PCS'ed.

I would completely avoid Co Ops.

I found this link doing a quick google search that may provide you more info http://www.howmuchisit.org/repointing-a-chimney-co...

But what surprises me is they are forcing condos and co-ops to have a single master account instead of individual account for each unit.