Waive as many contingencies as you can/are comfortable with ie: home inspections, appraisal (at least up to a certain amount).

You should also have inspected any units as part of your process.Whenever you buy a rental property the leases and tenants are part of the asset.

If I'm buying my SFH rental under my name and transfer to my LLC at closing, how do I or can I even write those costs off under my LLC? Let me know if the question doesn't make sense.

- If I want to make any improvements / renovations to the property and have to get permits, could those trigger inspections then a tear down? 

Details:3bed/2bath (potential for garage conversion to a 4/3 or 4/4 depending on floorplan)1300 Sqr Ft2 DrivewaysYear built: 2000From what I can tell, it only needs minor cosmetic updates, but I'll get an inspection after under contract.Listed at $339,000 (DOM: 83, so I could probably get it for less)There is also a small lot next door that I could build one more unit on, possibly a tiny house.

The negotiations took about 45 days, the home inspection came back worse than we thought and negotiated down from the original offer of $420k to $385K.

We will only use private providers for inspections and permits from now on.

We're emailing the seller's agent this morning to ask if we can begin some inspections before putting the home under contract.

Plumber who fixed the leak says very possible the leak happened prior to the inspection, based on the condition of the floor and the rust on the pipe.Trying to figure out what next steps should be.

Other than a general home inspection, what are the other specialized inspections that I need to have?