Always great to see another South Carolinian on the site.

Proper management infrastructure involves pay roll personnel on-site, with strategy/accounting/reporting/legal off-site. 

Should I go to the realtor (which I am friends with) and try to negotiate a better price with the bank or offer my cousin the money to sign over the deed to me and bring the balloon payment ($25k) up to date, then renovate and sell.

Here is copy and paste:--Date: Tuesday, August 7thTime: 8:30 a.m.

It covers the house plus all the materials on site.

Normal business hours are usually a safe bet, so if you present the tenant with a written (I would also send an email if possible, never rely on one form of communication) date and time block that you will be entering to show the property there is little they can do to dispute your actions.Always remember that they can always take to civil court and being a landlord/property manager is one of the most litigious careers in the country, so make sure to document the process each step of the way to best protect yourself and your assets.

There is also a lot of information on BG about those programs as well but I'd start with the sites then come back to BG and get an idea of folks experiences using those programs. 

Plenty of AMAZING resources on this site. 

Hi everyone, This is my first post on the bigger pockets site.

You could check the property owner records on your county auditor's site...but assuming many people have the same name, that might prove difficult, unless you have some other identifying info that would ensure you got the right person.