Hire a professional until you know the law well enough to handle it on your own.Tip 4: Know the law.

My cousin is dying of cancer and the family is confused about how to handle notice to the landlord. 

I put my trust in my PM who seems to have good handle on things.

I handled all coordination...it was sellers agent's first deal, he didn't have any idea what to do.

Unfortunately, there was  water intrusion on one side of the duplex, and I'm looking for a GC/contractor that handles the external of the house. 

You’ll be on the hook for it when the tenants move out, so be sure it’s all handled at closing.

There are good reasons to have a local agent working for you though, they might bring you deals you missed or where otherwise unaware of they also ideally can function to double check everything to make sure everything is handled correctly and finally the very best agents also have great relationships with vendors and can help you through the whole process. 

We regularly handle double closing and Assignments and would love to talk to you about working together on your future deals. 

I know tax liens are senior to everything, but not sure how the MassHealth ones are handled.

Of course, even if you could handle the payments, I generally advise new investors never to take money from retirement to fund their investments.