They'd let their stuff sit there broken.

Find the old man sitting on his driveway and ask him about the neighborhood, be careful with him though he may sell you that cadillac in his driveway if he likes ya (had a 65 pushed toward me last week).  

So I'm sitting here at about 3:51 AM and wondering, does anyone else have really crazy hours?

At least one bank I talked to simply didn't have a box for an LLC buying a single family residence...In my experience, you have to sit down with a very good mortgage loan broker and a very specific situation to find out really what your options are.  

The key is to sit down with your agent, go over all the things you want him or her focus on and create an excel spreadsheet together.

I was prompted to ask this question because a house near me which I know to have been a very nice house, sits abandoned, the owner apparently having just walked away.

As far as I know, depending on the states involved, in most cases you can do that but have to still sit for the exam in the state you want to get a license from.

In sitting back and thinking on this I believe I have figured out a way to approach the situation in a moral and proper manner. 

Yes you need to issue 1099's.  It's

I would have a sit down with your broker and really sort this out.Good luck!