If, like in CA, title to real estate transfers immediately upon death of the owner subject to administration of the estate, then I wouldn't think that there's any time which a creditor could intercept and interfere.And then there's the issue as to the ability of a judgment creditor taking an aggressive position and attempting to penetrate the trust corpus.

My buddy is a developer, and a next door neighbor of one of his buildings has not made a mortgage payment in over a year, and Bank of America recently sold the note and/or transferred servicing to Nationstar.

If you count on being able to just transfer into another deal... well.

Here are a couple I can think of:- utilities transfer - call up the utility companies and transfer the accounts to your LLC/name to make sure you don't get interruption in service- make sure you get resident phone numbers and email addresses.

If the landlord is ultimately responsible for the utility payment, I want to keep it in my name.We once had to pay over $600 on back utilities for a deadbeat tenant, and we had to pay it before they would transfer the account anywhere else.

We fixed it up and than rented it out when my husband was transferred.

Money transfer - What is the best way for him to give me the money in the first place without alarming the lender too much?

I ask because I am in the same situation and also need guidance on the financial aspect of earning money offshore and re-investing the money in the US e.g. tax, money transfer, etc...

with a land contract you retain title but sign a contract that says you will transfer title after the last payment is made.  

Remember, you are coordinating sellers that are in distress so they can be squirrelly and then coordinating with contractors and no offense to contractors but they are notoriously flaky.