For due diligence sake, I am requesting current lease agreement, transfer of security deposit, history of payments and maintenance requests. 

If I transfer the deed to my business or trust, does it matter who’s name is on the mortgage for seasoning purposes.

@Adam E ColemanHaha down here it’s probably MORE common to see unpermitted work than it is to see work matching the permit records.

You should hire an agent but ask them if they know what NOI and Cap rate is (i,e are they familiar with investing?

@E.

It's scenario dependent.For a rental property that you have owned for one full tax year, your Schedule E is nothing more than a profit and loss statement, and is taken as such, with a few modifications where we have better information than what's on the P&L:Note that we do not even look at the bottom line number, lines 21 and 22 are not directly used in any calculation. 

Will the STR license transfer with the property?

And if you want it you can create it in an hour for a few bucks.Maybe this STR is the outlier, but for most STR's the "business" is not like buying an e-commerce site or a photography business. 

How many of you transferred your properties to an LLC?

Check your O&E report or online assessor records to make sure they match up.Some descriptions are the metes and bounds type, which it sounds like is a particular requirement for the county that Chris was looking into.