I have a lot of questions and look forward to others' opinions.The house is ready, and I'm in the process of drawing up a lease, but aside from setting up a business account at the bank, do I need to have an official business name?

(and neither would a lot of other people). to update everyone: we got a counter offer today that was only $1000 more than we offered so we accepted and signed the contract today. just waiting for official loan approval and the waiting period and then loan closing and we'll officially be first time homeowners!

I am lucky to have a wife who works nights and can meet with city officials during the day for rental inspections and stuff like that.

If you actually go down to the courthouse, the employees there should be able to help you find what you're looking for (some places are more cooperative than others).For the mortgage balance the only way you'll get an official payoff amount is to contact the lender with the borrower's permission; so what I usually do is take the open mortgages and run them through a mortgage amortization calculator to get a ballpark of where the balance might be.

It is an honor to officially join the BP community. 

I've enjoyed learning from everyone's posts on this forum and decided I'd better make myself official.

Also, every law enforcement official will agree with you that it IS a gateway drug, and you don't want it on your property.Don't procrastinate, deal with the issue and you won't regret it.  

I am ready to officially start my real estate game-I've read everything I need to read and watched everything I need to watch.

Time flies.Not too long ago, my entrepreneur spirit embarked to which ended up as my first official business of my own.

Many British expats are very nervous of the situation over the next two years, especially as today Teresa May has officially activated Article 50, Britain’s request to leave the European Union.