Then we drive together (hopefully) to the post office and send another cashiers check to the mortgage company using certified mail.

* Are you a Certified Property Manager?

@david greene talks about having your dream team in place to help with long distance investing, but what about a CERTIFIED HOME INSPECTOR?

Also if you get a certificate of occupancy the town will have to certify the legal usage of the property.

Hi BP,I am looking a REO property to Fix and Flip.I looked at the property and found mold on the ceiling and Asbestos tiles on the floor which as broken and scattered allover the house.when I was walking through the property with the realtor She told me that it has to be done professionally by a certified people and she also told me that I can not dispose it in a normal disposal.

You may need to put an engineered certified foundation under it if it doesn't already have one.

@Scott Schultz It looks like you can self certify making a majority of the work accounting for it properly.  

The process is very involved in getting certified with the state and there are training hours, background checks, etc. involved. 

Who knows what you would be given anyway, unless the borrower is required to have certified audits, for this, I'd skip that.

You might consider hiring a property manager for your first go to IREM.org search for ARM certified property managers.