This will reveal any/all defects (as well as the lien position of the foreclosing lender) and drastically reduce the risk.Good luck Jason!

I run a professional fee-management company but this was on one of my own properties.The remaining tenant (casually revealed that they thought it was OK to steal from a "rich corporation") even though it was just my family they were stealing rent (occupying space) from. 

For added protect against over zealous politicians, regulators and attorneys, the entity named as buyer can be a Wyoming or Nevada Limited Liability Company, whose ownership does not have to be revealed.  

IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM BECAUSE IT REVEALS THE TRUTH. 

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I will be standing outside a property and some random guy will drive up and ask if I am selling, and we'll wind up talking about real estate for an hour and exchange numbers... but send a virtual assistant to call me 3x per week and not even reveal the name of the company she works for and you will get "smug" posts complaining about it..... and I only complain, I've never turned anyone in (yet) or really interfered with anyone's business. 

I'm certain this would have revealed some of the problems we encountered.4.

Even social media and google can reveal a lot.  

Dig in as deep as you can and stretch your creativity but in the end, if it doesn’t work… walk away.We’ve lost tens of thousands in EMD because we had to make competitive offers but in the end the due diligence revealed too many flaws.Channel your inner robot and take a look at your situation with completely objective goggles.

However we want the offer to be contingent upon an inspection revealing that there are no structural issues/termites.