You want to get in at a good price and develop a great product through your rehab.

Transferring appreciated assets between entities is a fairly complex transaction.

Some foreigners even (mistakenly) view notaries as lawyers.I can’t speak for other states’ notarization requirements, but here we take the thumb, a requirement for most real property transactions, and always suggested in any case.

The seller understands I wont be acting as a broker in the transaction and have found the potential buyer to assign the contract to.

You're busy, "cheap" midwest houses are not what you want, invest in quality product (A/B neighborhoods), this will reduce your risk.

Would this allow all the transactions to fall under my kid's tax return (even though $5500 of income doesn't qualify them to file a tax return)? 

So that *could* change what kind of loan product you need.2.)

That's quite a sphere of influence that can either help boost your business or be used to bring down your business.

Do the DSTs disclose how much they charge or the transactions are non transparent ?

The best realtor for small product is Erin Ward with Keller Williams.