The reason I am thinking of condo/townhome as an alternative is I would buy them in a good neighborhood in downtown and so is easily rentable and probably easier to sell if I want to (based on location).

If their cats hadn't peed on the carpet, or if they had been diligent and thorough about cleaning up accidents, the carpet would be OK.

If you dropped dead, your heirs could certainly have issues trying to clean that up.

With your new title controlling the deed they can typically handle the A-B B-C transaction much easier.

Do you clean it out, take the board down for staging and picture purposes, cut the grass...I know many of you may say properties are sold "AS IS".

Time to fire him and get another attorney to clean up the mess.

They worked circles around the first crew and cleaned up after themselves every day.

Keep it simple, clean, and professional.

Perhaps there is an easier route of investing than trying to deal with probates?

This even makes file keeping even easier because I don't have to have files locked and highly encrypted/secure because they have social security numbers on them.The problem: I never get the social security number once they become a tenant.