I have boots on ground and could proceed as is but wanted bper pros iron clad contract to lock up.

If you plan to do your own lease, be sure to familiarize yourself with Massachusetts Landlord/Tenant laws.http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/consumer/landlordtena...

Waste pipes if cast iron can be the real challenge, since there could be cracks in them. 

I want to do this with confidence and eliminate un-necessary trips that could become very costly and time consuming.

Finding heirs and working with them in order to gain title to real property is costly and time consuming.

Ironically I just got a lead in Fayetteville but it was an SFR

However by the time we ironed out that wrinkle, it rained for the rest of the week. 

Looks like Brian is the man to talk to about this but, ironically, yesterday in our class with Matt Atkinson we went over 5 things to have before going to an action.

I doubt it, but it would probably fall under some other consumer finance laws your state has. 

My blog is going to be about this process of moving from theory to practice and all the fun, scary and intimidating steps along the way;'I'm hoping that exploring my process of getting organized and managing "my life-o'-many-irons-in-the-fire" will be of help and encouragement to other ADD folks hungry to make real estate investing a reality.