My area (New York City/Long Island) is not very conducive to real estate investing (horrible for flipping) but if you ever want to pick my brain for whatever my local knowledge is worth, please feel free to reach out to me on Bigger Pockets as well.Suzanne Player, Attorney

They have the brain damage of a foreclosure if you don't make payments.

Have a reputable title company do a title search, if you need one PM also, I would absolutely get ahold of a RE Attorney, offer them a free meal and pick their brain, may take a few tries or some cash but that is invaluable.

@Johann jells gotta love the stupidity of others, no care lack of common sense, I just don't get it, your right tho some contractors just don't use there brains

I would also ask other members in your area to go out for coffee and just pick their brain.

So on the podcast they suggest taking a experienced investor to lunch and picking their brain a bit.

A license is a license, it isn't like hiring a brain surgeon who went to Harvard vs community college. 

Allow me to put emphasis on estate planning attorney, just as your real estate attorney specializes in real estate and a brain surgeon specializes in brain surgery so does an estate planning attorney specialize in estate planning.So, what happens to your real estate properties if you died?

You've found the best place there is to pick the brains of some of the most savvy real estate investors on the planet!

Hoping to pick the much bigger brains here for ideas.FYI - this would be a long term hold, not worried about appreciation issues as it would be a cash flow rental.