As I think about creative ways to obtain my first property, I can't help but think a little outside the box.I own a lawn maintenance business and while we mainly deal with residential (better money), the company can handle small to mid sized commercial properties.

West coast we are still able to get em done in 30 days start to finish but boy I have a hard time having that happen in other states.. especially attorney driven closing states were the buyer and seller each hire their own attorney.. boy who ever though that one up.. the amount of back and forth between the attornies and mistakes and delays just cracks me up. compared to our title company clsoings everyone using one escrow officer to handle the transaction.

Prior to consulting, I worked for a European Multinational Asset Manager handling performance measurement, attribution, and analysis for domestic and international equity portfolios.

I am looking for general advice on how to handle a first flip.

They could handle the specific questions you have about the eviction and damages.Big picture....Just like so many landlord situations, you have to run the numbers.

Having said all that, the EPA has guidelines here on how to handle various building materials that have been in contact with water.

There are limits as to what may be done with land in trust, additional burdens on how that land is handled, and the overhead associated with placing land in a trust.Before doing a land trust, consult with a financially minded attorney in your area.

We try to be the full service for the real estate investor/landlord as we handle closings (regular, wholesale, creative real estate deals), evictions, foreclosures, LLC formation, draft leases/contracts, tax redemption matters, etc.  

Property is owned free and clear. i guess the real question is how do any of you typically handle calls from a listing agent who represents a homeower?  

He probably has the infrastructure to be able to support your investing there if that has become your target area.10% is pretty standard for a property management fee, and they should handle a lot of the time consuming tenant interactions.