So get out of your comfort zone and get out and meet the people in YOUR area that are doing what you want to do.And a special thanks to the WMRPOA, if you're in West Michigan/Grand Rapids area you owe it to yourself to check it out.

If you want that one in 1,000 grand slam all to yourself then you need to put in the time and money marketing to sellers directly.

Over the last year I have come across several members looking to house hacking in the Grand Rapids area.  

But I'm about to make a few grand just from driving past a vacant house, skip tracing the owner, and negotiating a good price!

You can simply go to a title company pay 250 buck aroos for a title commitment.. in that title commitment it will answer all these questions then you tell the escrow officer what you want to happen.. and they will tell you what deeds need to be signed and recorded to get to were you want to be.but if it was a TIC and your pop had 50% and he deeded his 50% to wife.. then wife and your brother own it.. at least from what I can glean from your post.or you can blow a few grand with an attorney that will basically tell you the same thing a good escrow officer can tell you for a few hundred..

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What real estate form is best used for this in Grand Rapids?  

There's also the consideration that it may cost 5 grand or so to get it cleaned up to the point where I can get a renter in there.  

I pay the water in my 3 Grand Rapids Properties.  

At two grand cash per year your going to be negating with a single months vacancy plus re-rent costs.