Moreover, I'm having extreme difficulties finding a Title Company/ Escrow company in So Cal that handles Assignments.

If not I would advise against managing the property yourself from afar unless you have a team to handle issues already in place.

The house technically belongs to her mother who passed away Jan 2017 and for different reasons the estate I s still yet to be probated (she thought her brother in TX was handling the estate and he thought she was).

With respect to new tenant (regardless of whether the family member is going to rent), how would you handle the washer / dryer situation?

In house commercial with 1st Citizens-80% LTV with a max of 100k(which is where I wanted to be) 3,5 or 7 year call with 20 year amortization, closing costs $1000 all handled in house.

Do my own marketing where I need to spend almost $2500 to potentially find a dealAs of right now I'm leaning to #2 but wanted to know how other rehabbers handle these situations?

My reasoning is that I like having a lower required monthly payment in order to maximize my monthly cash-flow.Remember, you can always reduce your principal balance at any time with a HELOC (or an loan for that matter) simply by making a, "principal reduction" payment.

Do you still employ an agent as a transaction broker or similar to handle paperwork and escrow?

[Our city enforces only with complaint...so I make friends with the neighbors so they call me first to handle any issue!]

This is simply a different business model of handling investments so as to expand your choices for the IRA beyond conventional financial products.