I have all the paperwork signed prior to funding day and part of that is escrow instructions providing the info as to how and where to wire my funds.

The local banks just sign up with wholesale lenders, or one or more of the big banks, and the local bank just acts as a conduit, immediately reselling the loans as they originate them.

Everyone calls (have sign and craigslist ad) and immediately wants to see the house.

It is a small town, so hard to do the market study, but I used CL, rentometer.com, and called a couple places I saw for rent signs in front of.

Does it have a sign?

I'm going to go back to your question about the roof,,,if my inspector says a roof is in good shape, no signs of leaking, being 18 years old doesn't bother me at all, I replaced the roof on my residence last year (because of hail storm, insurance paid for it), it was the original roof from 1986, no repairs ever done, now I have walked away from a deal in part because of roof condition, but not age

Is it a simple new "fee agreement" signed by the new "C" buyer or do I make a whole new LO?

This includes sending lots of direct marketing pieces, social media/technology marketing, bandit signs, etc.

A couple of thoughts.I agree high fees upfront are not a good sign.

Flyers, signs, mailings, etc?