(City Building Department)Get an O & E report to see if there are any current mortgages or other current issuesDETERMINE MAX BID

I’ve been in the project management arena for over 40 years and started my career by building and integrating an inventory control system for the clinical pathology department at NIH.

depends on the market slow markets you need a local agent if its red hot you can list it.FSBO is next to impossible I have found over the years.. unless your wholesaling a house to an investor but if your trying to get market or retail... it need exposrecan you put it on the local MLS ???

I assume you go to the probate court or department and ask if they have a probate list that you could look at it.

As staff of this group and being the CFO, a section of my department includes Estates Managers and caring for the 8 million dollar property that the business office was a part of.  

Like Kevin Farrell stated....over the counter foggers you can buy from big box retailers will most likely just spread the bugs to other areas of the home and potentially spread them to other tenants/other areas of the home.

Speaking as an agent dealing the retail and investment markets I can tell you that well priced properties move quickly and competition for "deals" is high.

Situations like that for sure gets escalated to another higher power (city council) and an inquiry will be posted upon the department which the BO has no answer to, he would rather make his life much easier and punch a hole without anyone knowing and let it slide.

I have a long term tenant (retail vintage store) and a 1 bedroom apartment attached at the rear of the building. 

Most of the time I give my departing tenants their entire deposit back.