@William Bauer Welcome to Bigger Pockets (officially)!

The client decides to sell and they write up the deal.Often pocket listings are a "maybe I will sell" type of deal or it is sold before the listing goes official.

Thanks, everyone - wow, it feels like I've jumped into the deep end before I am even officially the landlord (I was just the homeowner, but the former property management company is not doing anything since I gave them my 30 days).

And if their house went officially in to foreclosure 3 weeks ago, they only have until the trustee sale to settle their debt, right?

I've been lurking on BP for the last year and thought that I'd make my official introduction as well as go Pro.

., they should be able to verify if they are single family or duplex officially.

They may need to sit with code officials to iron it out. 

Of course, local code officials are the first people the hammer comes down on when structures burn, so they hate the yahoos. 

Then, you can purchase a virtual mailbox or UPS address to use as the official, "physical" business address. 

I got the tenant through a Realtor last year, so we used official Realtor lease forms for the initial lease.