Six months,  about a dozen offers, and two visits to probate court!  

@Ken Truong That would most likely be county court probate records, and then again some companies sell this information.

However, it seems that in many rulings the court has required there be a  specific "nexus" between the condition and the specific animal.

I am looking to hold properties for 20-30 years.As for where to find flips, again I am not the best resource for this but I would say local court house auctions, foreclosure websites, and driving neighborhoods looking for run down or abandoned properties.

It's income that you yourself - assuming you're not running the business in a corporation that is its own tax subject - have to declare in your personal tax return.

How many times has an LLC owned by Trump declared bankruptcy? 

An Judgement with the local court that is not reported to the credit reporting agencies (unless you put the judgement into collection with a collection company) with never show up on a person's credit report. 

I have done some title searching at my local court house for any title issues for properties that are on my short list.  

Some are held on the premises, some at the court house, and some on line.

I assume they would declare bankruptcy on the new entity and close my friends store down.My questions for this situation are: 1.