Not a safe bet all the time.

You're acknowledgement in contacting your attorney is certainly the best bet!

I did A Lot of initial due diligence & had all the relevant info about it.

I work full time and manage my own rentals (sfrs) and have been doing so for the last 5 years and I find that the vast majority of my time is spent on (1) looking for new deals; and (2) fixing up the properties when I initially purchase them.

You best bet is to work with a title company for insurance and/or licensed closing agent or attorney for your escrow.

If you wanted to see how the process works cradle to grave the best bet would be to offer a free internship or shadow them.

If its handyman or project management, rehabbing may be your best bet.

I bet within driving distance of you there are less desirable neighborhoods (to homeowners not necessarily an investor) where there is a better opportunity of getting discounts.

I didn't want to initially but negotiated the rent down from $1800 to $1700 a month after tenant agreed to shoulder the cost of irrigation of the lawn.

I've been working on getting a contract on a vacant parcel to build a spec on and randomly the bank ( BOA ) decided to pull the property and put it into their community initiative program.