When it comes to a different state I always ask the title company for a sister company or a referral.

Family includes only your spouse, brothers and sisters, half brothers and half sisters, ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc.), and lineal descendants (children, grandchildren, etc.).Anyone under an arrangement that lets you use some other dwelling unit.Anyone at less than a fair rental price.

We (my brother & sister-in-law) currently purchased out first investment property last year, much sooner (early 2021) than we had expected.

Hey Noah I went through a similar dilemma last year with my sister.

I have already had a number of conversations with the deceased tenant's sister to help her execute the 6 month lease.  

@Mary M.Preach on Sister!

I have never purchased a property next to a funeral home but my sister owns a funeral home.

They do have a sister business that I've always used for conventional mortgages, I'd use them for the refi. 

I  even asked him if he minded to be recorded confirming his willingness to move forward after the first time and we got him back to the bargaining table and both him and his sister signed a release to the title company as well as agreed to the video recording, but the daughter "smelled" $ and convinced him to back out around 2 weeks afterwards. 

I have some experience with fix and flip as my sister has her own LLC but nothing with securing lenders.