I want to build a rental portfolio, but wondered if company sponsored relocation was a sweet enough deal to push me towards selling vs. renting?

With title insurance If any type of encumbrance, lien or other defect to the title is discovered following the transfer of ownership or the placement of a mortgage lien, you are protected..General Warranty Deed is the way to go to avoid future headaches. 

Personally I want to money to fix it myself, however if following the lender's policy I'm only able to get 3% credit from sellers and it will go to closing cost...

One CAN figure out approximately how much a property sold for even if it's not listed in the records:  extrapolate the transfer taxes (state/county/city) and multiply out.Just an aside:  I remember back in the day when the appraisals were coming in short in an appreciating market (something like we have today) we would ask the buyer to pay MORE money for the transfer taxes (no law about not paying more taxes) and it would help show a higher "sales" price and help 'push' up the comps--not recommending you do that now--much more data available for all eyes.But I would recommend that you buddy up with a like-minded realtor, and work out a mutually beneficial arrangement so you can get the info you need, and they can get listings, sales, referrals, etc, that they need.Better yet, get licensed yourself and get to know the business from the inside out!

We pushed on anyways and started doing our first BRRRR.

But if that's not what I'm looking for then house-hacking doesn't necessarily seem like the best move.I'm not sure I am following....but the point of house hacking is low down payments through primary residence loans (3.5% FHA, 5% Home Possible).  

Needless to say, I immediately called my lawyer and sent her all of the documentation and statements he had made to me, and all of his promises and instances where he pushed back the owed money.

This is a follow-up to my last post, wherein I was contemplating walking away from my first potential deal (I did), mainly because of the inability to see any sort of detailed financial history for the 8-unit property.I tried doing some searching for my particular question in the forums, but I can't seem to figure out the right keywords.

There are several previous threads that might be helpful:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/70/topics/4251...Type the following in a Google search: site:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/70 jv

Following this.