I bought my first SFR back in the end of May and it took a little over a year for me to find and I believe I still rushed it!

I would open communications ASAP and get the convo rolling ahead of time. 

You can't just give notice and have them leave.If there is indeed an agreement for Deed in Lieu, you're still in the position of inheriting a tenant from the previous owner and I don't see how you can vet the quality of that tenant ahead of time.

Thanks ahead.

But I wanted to provide a heads up to other HUD Homes investors...you might want to check if it was acquired in a "deed in lieu" and if there was equity left on the table.  

Thanks guys - seems like some of the development I read about is not going ahead.

Just go ahead and bite the bullet, and act immediately.

Believe that within your market, that integrity will eventually stand out and put you ahead of the competition.

I like this approach because you can ask the posters who they ended up using and if they like working with them.I went ahead and pulled up 4 posts of Colorado Spring BP members asking for a CPA.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/629/topics/20...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/304...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/629/topics/41...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/629/topics/50...2.

Just a heads up, in case you hadn't considered it.