Although admittedly Delaware isn't on my radar.

That goes for anyone in the SE PA area or northern DE.

Your starting point is Petition for Probate doc (DE-111) Cross reference Estate of (last name) with address, city and county of decedents residence at time of demise (death) Again cross reference this info with your title rep (property profile) to see if the decedent had real estate.

The idea of AP is to pick a AP strong state like TX or NV or DE and register your company in that state, purchase the property in your own name so that you get better financing options, then transfer the property into your Company by using a legal trusts that is a member of the company LLC/SLLC. 

However, you also have the option to elect to use the de minimis safe harbor rule to make it more simple.

Some names off the top of my head that I've seen around: beacon property management, core select, indianola management, KRGHowever instead of a C area, I'd suggest going a step up into a better school district (Westerville, Gahanana, Hilliard, Dublin, Delaware County, etc) 

The $2500 de minimus safe harbor is awesome. 

Some thing you can expense vs capitalize if it's under $2,500 it can fall under de minimus rules.

Jeff, I am sure the water heater is below 2500, so you can expense that under de miminis safe harbor. 

Quote from @Paul De Luca: @Rachel PruittI think the best way is probably to meet them at real estate investing meetups.