An attorney with a title company told me the following:  "When I insure properties post-foreclosure that involve IRS liens the first question is was the lien filed before or after the DOT was recorded.

And then there is replacement cost - just look at your insurance rider.

Another food for thought is that if you do your own work and something goes wrong, your insurance might not cover it.

does your total mortgage payment include property taxes and insurance?

Basically, the insurance in “to protect the bank in case I default “ even though my credit is 800 and I haven’t missed any payments to creditors in years!

Also, my tenants have found cheaper alternatives to renters insurance and have not used their services either.  

Additionally, my AC project needed some steam pipes moves, but because they were a plumbing and AC company, they were able to handle all of this (steam was too close to breaker boxes).If you have an older home you may have more electrical work needed than you think.

60 years is pretty much standard around here... but since your property now has a known problem (trust me, title insurers do not operate in a vacuum), the time period is irrelevant.Switching title companies wouldn't fix the problem, it would actually hurt you.

You'll also want to find out the actual tax and insurance expenses.

You’ll need a new insurance policy with the llc as insured, this is what normally alerts the bank to the transfer.