Husband of the owner, who is not on title and has never had an interest in the property other than living there, is fighting the 2 daughters for control of the property. 

By closing agent, I assume you mean title company.  

You are welcome to contact me for legal advice, setting up LLCs, drafting deeds, title research, etc.

Hello Lakeem,When doing a double closing check with the title company and if you need closing funding use "transactional funding" company if you dont have the $$ to close on the deal.  

If they don't, the state also should have specific information on how to go about getting title.

And, would forming a single-member LLC to hold title to these properties (for liability reasons) make the IRS more likely to consider me a dealer?

So his specialty is property title, mineral lights, and multi-plot tie up, and my specialty is tax law and business analysis.A lot of my deal focus to start will be older mixed using buildings in commercial areas, namely small ground floor retail locations with 2-12 apartment units above.Scott

Also it states "Funding is subject to a clear and unencumbered title report and lender’s appraisal of property and condition thereof".

Did you just use a title company to keep records?

Although, I am not sure how the deal become advantageous for them when using "their" title company versus accepting "my" title company.Thank you in advance for shedding a little light on this topic.