I want a canceled check from the tenant buyer not to be in my company name but in the name of an attorney or a title company.I bring the earnest money agreement to the title company or attorney's office, and then the tenant buyer receives seven days to get a property inspector through the property to be fully satisfied that the property is in good working order.If all goes well, tenant buyer will go down to the title company or the attorneys office and enter into a lease option with the seller, bringing with him the other 50% of the option fee and first and last months rent for the lease.I have an assignment agreement that assigns my lease and my option tenant buyer for a fee.

County records, inspector, USPS?

I have a goal to begin investing by May 2015 in Cleveland.Currently I work as a Certified Home Inspector in Cleveland Ohio.  

Thats the first thing im going to ask the inspector about.Im thinking of taking a medium risk approach: which I suppose would be putting a little more down on each property to allow a little more monthly cash flow to cover unexpected expenses.

I hope this is where I introduce myself,,,  I have 5 titles in RE for California and 3 in Tx.Lic in Ca are Broker, Appraiser, on HUD FHA list for 203K, home inspector, construction consultant.Broker in Ca. for helping stop foreclosure with using my appraiser Lic and home inspection ability.

I won't know for sure until I get a good inspector in there, but everything I saw told me that it is a solid property.It could be that I am wrong.  

These requirements cost you money and depending on the subjectiveness of certain inspectors, it can open up some really expensive cans of worms on your site.  

Should hire a inspector to inspect the house with pic "look ok"?

Will the bid be fixed to include any changes/repairs required by the inspector (even if the inspector is being unreasonable)? 

Would pay in advance with my cash, but by doing the work mostly ourselves, the inspector would sign off on each draw, then we would get the funds to continue.Rehab did not got exactly as planned as got bit by a rattlesnake while trying to pull siding off an abandoned house, and spent +1 week in the hospital!