I like to handle my transactions myself so these kind of things don't happen.

You can use the title company that gave you title insurance this time to handle the refinance.

The seminar environment was a little "peppy" for me personally but I'm a pretty low key guy.On the tour, the speaker gave out good advice, handled common objections you'd expect from new investors and was respectful of my time and local knowledge.I left after the tour so I can't say what went on afterwards but I got some value out of my time there.1.

If you do end up buying, then renting with option to buy, you should make sure you spell out how the repairs will be handled. 

Also FWIW 99.9999% of closing attorneys don't handle the MH home title, they just handle the transfer of real property.  

Handle his deposit based on the condition of the property.

Usually in a transition area, on the phone, you should be able to get to the person at the city/county who handles issuance of permits for building and remodeling can tell you a bunch about activity in a neighborhood.  

Great idea, just as long as the house would cash flow after the cash out refinance, ALL expenses are conservatively estimated, and you keep some cash reserves to handle any unexpected capex, vacancy, etc.

In my opinion, the way I handled it was I took the people around and found them a house that they "loved".

I do carry a property manager though which handles most all of the issues that I run into.