Title insurance should also reveal if the trustee has this ability.To clarify, if a trust names someone who is deceased as a beneficiary, the trust would then name someone else, or would name their estate (the reasons behind forming trusts in the first place would seem to indicate that it would be another person, since their are tax benefits and probate avoidance).  

I am at the mercy of this department and just want to move forward but seem to be going backward. 

I have been doing research on markets and it seems like Columbus OH, Forth Worth TX, Houston TX, Chicago IL are the best possible markets in my price range at the moment.I am very motivated and excited to start my investing journey towards financial freedom with the great BP community.

In general, it seems to be high density cities and popular recreational areas that tend to have restrictions.

Pretty straight forward by just answering all the questions.

There seem to be hefty fees associated with that.

I’m just wondering how people seem to be supporting themselves by RE Alone in this environment.  

Every taxing entity seems to be different. 

Seems like an interesting niche...I had always assumed these were for larger scale commercial investments, but in the recent On The Market episode, Brandon Hall used an example of a $100k property. 

Hey everyone, I'm looking for an investor friendly agent in Alberta, Canada,  which biggerpockets seems to only have resources for US markets.