You can use a flat fee realtor for under $500, and they legally have to take care of all this for you.

At the time of my parents' passing several years ago, they still lived in New England, where they raised our family, worked full-time, and invested in several 3 flat rentals. 

And the option price is usually higher than market value due to the 4% annual maintenance markup, which also creates a problem for an appraisal in a slow to flat market.

Lessons learnedPay builder's on a flat fee - I now pay my builder's on a flat fee.

Homes located in Felony Flats are starting to be listed as "close to Kendall Yards."

So after I spent the first half of this year doing my first few flips myself to get my feet wet and learn the system "ins & outs", following this summer, I went all in with marketing and launched my own marketing company to do the marketing for me so I could spend more time actually flipping properties instead of locating them.Now I have started partnering with independent wholesalers to work the leads I'm generating under joint venture relationships with me retaining first right to purchase any property that results from my leads at the negotiated wholesale price plus a flat wholesale fee for their time or we do a JV split on any revenue generated off the properties I choose not to purchase that were generated off my leads.

I would bake in additional margin to make a purchase worth it in that area. 

I'm looking at the option of building a granny flat over a garage on an SFR.  

Gas is better to cook with, but I think an elec range will stay cleaner/be easier to clean since it is just a flat glass surface. 

I get 50/door flat fee.