Same with the county recorder's office, and review the chain of ownership of each parcel by record transfer: A sold to B who transferred to C. 

I take over their payments, like a subject-to purchase, but there is technically no transfer, as far as the bank is concerned.

Just tired of the crazy fees charged for wire transfers, checking, certified bank checks, etc.

Should I just do it conventional like I have described here, or could I transfer it into my name personally and then refinance it?  

So your found an amazing community.We have our own "strategy" we buy higher end homes (both primary turned investments when we are transferred and pure rentals).

I called Blain and he explained that there was a mistake with his Discover card and he would call Discover and funds would become available again.To my surprise, funds did become available in a several days and I transferred them to my checking account.

The next step is setting up an LLC in order to purchase the property in order to avoid the short sale restriction of having to wait 90 days to transfer title, but I want to have all the details ironed out before doing so.1.

I ended up buying in the first LLC's name and transferred it after.  

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I transferred my Post 9/11 GI Bill to my kids and I've dealt with them over the last 4 years.