If you move your property into an entity, technically you have violated due on sale clause.  

This is when the "real" credit and background check comes in, and where any compromise to your screening can hurt.

Background - owned properties in CA, one is primary home with mortgage and my parents live in another one (no mortgage and title is under my name).

A well rounded base of experience and knowledge is important for the technical aspects of real estate as well as giving you the ability to connect with people.

As my current PM says, just because they're section 8 doesn't mean they don't have to pass our screening requirements and background check.

This isn't a very technical approach but it's a way to start without going to an agent that has access to supply and demand data that is owned by the mls.After you have done your initial study of these census tracks with this data, I would start to build relationships with some really good Realtors that are willing to work with you and share the mls data of inventory (listed homes) over time vs demand (sold/pending homes) over the same time frame for those particular areas.

I always ask the seller to provide me with lease agreements and background checks on the tenants.

So, technically you aren’t liable for making any repairs that the buyer wants as nobody can “force” you to do anything with your property that you don’t want.However, if you want to sell your property to somebody obtaining a mortgage, somethings will have to be taken care of, eg a UST even if decommissioned.

Background: I am in the process of buying a business.

Technically, if the lease ends on a date and no one does anything to renew or cancel, then the contract concludes and that's that.