My new tenant comes from a family of lawyers.

Do they need to call a lawyer ?

Corey Dutton My opinion is that the only time you should ever do business with a lawyer is if you are their client and they are working for you.

I used a real estate investor lawyer here where i live and he had all the ready document that i needed, so i would advice to do the same. you can even add or delete closes once you have the "base" draft

I'm not sure how it works in your state, but real estate is usually appraised with an effective date being the date of death.

IMO, if you get involved with a note dated after the effective date of the SAFE Act (last July) or your state laws as adopted, there had better be a broker's/originators seal on the note......down the road, you could have an illegally originated note!

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think smoking would constitute more than normal wear and tear unless his lease specified no smoking.

BUT, to get anything in your favor may be extremely difficult, also depending your state statutes.A lease agreement does not have to be in writing to be effective (with some exceptions), so you offer the premises, the tenant accepts the offer by paying the rent, voila, valid legal contract.Problem here are the terms.

When transferred there should be a new title policy in effect.

Some want simple pix, and some want them looking very professional with color effects, etc.