What is the most effective way to find the most up to date contact info? 

This also is applicable to the sale of the property and satisfies our 10% down required from our lender (SBA 504 loan -- good for owner-occupied small businesses, which we are and is a whole other topic on a different strategy to acquire commercial RE).2) From our effective date, the closing date is set for 365 days.

Consider it a cost of doing business and purchase one from a lawyer. 

Reading your answer as a lawyer-my immediate thought is that is complicated and like 3 headaches all at once.

Problem is, obviously, that you're limited in advertising and marketing the place effectively til the repairs and make-ready are complete, because until then you can't take good pictures or show the place to prospective tenants. 

It should be the result of a deep conversation with a tax professional to understand the pros, cons, and risks.If you have a mortgage on the property, I agree that it opens a lot of tricky side effects that you need to mitigate.

Definitely something you'll want to iron out with a lawyer

It is more of a legal question and I am not a lawyer, but from my experience, it doesn't really matter in which state you create an LLC since you will have to register your LLC in both states anyway.

I would recommend getting a better team in place which includes a lawyer.

I am always looking for the crystal ball play for my investors as the market is starting to shift and the need to buy and hold will become a more and more effective strategy and prefer to make my statements data driven not intuition.