Certificates are good for 10 years.

If you just have one trade on the job, i.e. electric only, and no GC then you deal with him.I know a lot of people do it differently, but ask your insurance agent what licenses and insurance certificates you need from contractors and for your business.

Just found this thread.I have used and closed many transactions using a simple land trust.You will need the following:Trust certification - I can send you a sample of this.Trust Declaration - which is basically the legal stuff for the trust, similar to an operating agreement for a corporation/LLC - I can not give you mine as it contains proprietary info and I am not allowed to share it, however, any competant RE ttorney should already have one or could easily draft one.Notice of Termination of Trustee - I can send you a sampleTermination of Trustee - I can send you a sampleSuccessor Trustee Acceptance - I can provide sampleSuccessor Trustee Letter - I can provide sampleI would recommend you use someone you trust to be your trustee (after all, "trustee" does have the word "trust" in it!)

The only pre-1978 home that we bought, I had tested and certified lead-free as part of the contract as once I got the lead-free designation in MD, I can do my own repairs without certification.

Last year I was told about trying my hand at tax lien sales but it was after the time that the properties tax certificates were being sold. 

One fee to set up, then adding an individual series requires two Assumed Name certificates one filed at the state and one filed at the county.

If there are no issues, there’s a document, called a CMDR (Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation), and this document is provided by the Dept. of Insurance and will certify that the mold spore count in your home is safe for occupancy.

You probably have asbestos exposure considering its age.My family bought a 12 unit deal that lost it's certificate of occupancy and we ended up gutting itafter finding out from the property manager that there was asbestos

Especially if you are selling paper gold (GLD, PHYS, GoldMoney.com, certificates, etc).

Belton's Booming School District NewsMay 29, 2018BELTON – Belton Independent School District officials broke ground on the $125.6 million Lake Belton High School.The 394,000-sf campus, near the intersection of Hwy. 317 and FM 2483, will help the district ease overcrowding at its only high school.Lake Belton High School is expected to open for classes by fall 2020.The campus, which is being built to accommodate 2,500 students, will have baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, and areas for career and technical education.Currently, the district has nearly 3,300 students enrolled in its high school and expects that number to rise to 4,500 by 2023.Templeton Demographics created projections for the district that showed new home sales in Belton have more than doubled since 2014.Source: KWTX TV