You may want to consider finding a Certified Public Accountant.There is a lot that goes into buy & hold investing if you want to it to be successfulBest of luck to you, and if I can ever be of any help feel free to DM me!

I just got certified as an approved developer by a Kansas city.  

. :)I'm going to get the lease signed and all money for rent and deposits as cashier/certified before giving keys.  

I suppose you could send a certified letter, if it comes back that might be sufficient evidence.

As for poor performance you can ask him to refund the what his worth was with a letter send to his broker certified mail to his office.

Anyone on here certified to do the install for the solar systems on 2 separate homes?  

Both of these folks have lots of experience doing multi familyI used: Tim @ B&R Enterprises Certified Home Inspections and Consulting www.brhomeinspections.comfor a thing deal in Fairfield I used New Start Home InspectionsFor a deal I did in Oakland, but they are supposed to go all over I can't post the phone numbers PM me if you can't find them on google 

My name is Dustin Burns and I am a 28 year old Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Maryland.

Well, I went ahead and did my due diligence on the property by getting certified mold remediation costs, and then estimated rehab costs on my own (again, I'm a newbie) based on what demo/remediation was necessary, and lastly verified these estimated costs by getting estimates from 2 different GC's in the area.

Make sure you are clear on what you need to bring in terms or certified funds.