I'm a licensed real estate agent in the State of Colorado.

What does it state in your lease?

Then he never came home one day, called me the next day on phone from another state  to tell me he was divorcing me.

@Kaitlyn AragonI'll respond to your question about off market properties later, but I just want to state that being cautious does NOT mean you are in 'analysis paralysis.'

I do the entire state of Florida.

For example, what state is the property in; did your parents hold title jointly or as tenants in common; did your mother or father die last or did they die in a common disaster; did they leave a will or did they die intestate; if there are wills who are the beneficiaries, if not, are you and your sister the heirs and are there any other heirs; was the property their or the last to die's homestead and are there any creditors of your parents estates. 

I have a couple of properties that I've refinance in the past few years in order to buy more real state, shocker!

I've recently begun working with developers from out of state and I'm loving learning the land development process! 

I'm in CA and invest out of state.

So I just got a rental property under contract out of state in Alabama and the floors are 3 3/4 width x 9/16 bamboo.