She works as a Project Manager for a local Architecture firm.

Not saying it’s a dooms day as Apple, FB, Google are probably not going anywhere based on how much cash they have and the strength of their business, but the smaller tech firms that never had a chance anyways, that hired a lot of people and paid them well, will be wiped out in the coming years.

I will weigh in from the realtor perspective  (my firm's focus is on leasing/management of residential investment property).

You can work with a real estate agent who is under a brokerage firm.

The current owner is a law firm.

I'm going to look at the property with my agent tonight and hopefully have an offer submitted by the morning if all goes well.A little background on me - I work for a private equity firm and we buy rental properties, renovate them, and then sell them to investors and usually maintain the management contract of the property.  

I was looking at a foreclosure, no defendants other than mortgagor, and no other mortgages found by me or by an outside title search firm, saw some mortgages for a different legal description.  

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My firm buys and sells single family distressed properties throughout the Metro Atlanta area in Georgia.

I know a firm that would be great for the project.