Cheektowaga is great for the long haul b/c you can obtain higher rents.

There are also lots of PM companies that will find good rental properties and just take the seller-paid commission as compensation (and they have great incentive to do a great job to obtain and keep your business over the long haul).

Here in CA, they may be obtained merely for possession in order to expedite the eviction process without monetary damages.

So a buyer may agree to take higher FHA MI and costs just to obtain the opportunity to get into a property even despite having perfect credit and a large down payment of 20%+- FHA can qualify up to 46.99% front ratio (just housing/mtg) and up to 56.99% back ratio when considering proposed mtg/tax/ins and other obligations together.

Obtain the contact details of his ex-wife and, with his blessing contact her, set up a meeting with her to discuss the purchase of the home, create rapport, explain SUB2 and make my offer where I agree to assume payments and he transfers the title of the house to me or a person of my choice.I am looking for feedback and criticism from all people but, especially from those who have successfully negotiated through this minefield before.I am in Canada btw.

Is there a book that's helped you out a lot that I could read until I'm able to obtain experience?

In order to obtain my CPA licensure I have to meet a 150 hour educational requirement.  

I know the best thing would have been to obtain a loan via the LLC and title directly to the LLC name but even if I would be able to find someone to loan to a new LLC (with my personal guarantee) it would likely only be a variable rate loan with much higher interest rates.

I have been informed that as a non US resident, I am not able to obtain conventional finance.

The property management company does not want to obtain another estimate (this is a good PM, and they advised me they found this vendor reasonable and with good results of his work).The property is a 1150 sq ft single family house in Fort Worth, TXThanks!