.- Financing: Starting with cash but hoping to secure loans for future investments.

Our program offers a range of coverage levels, including basic or special form coverage and actual cash value (ACV) or replacement cost (RC) loss settlement methods.

Do you currently have enough funds to pay first month’s rent and a security deposit?

Could you kindly suggest the best resources or methods to identify comparable properties in the area?

I've wondered that myself and thought: If an investor was looking for birddogs why would the birddog have to pay the investor money before they began securing leads for the investor, that the investor would then in turn give the birddog an investor's cut on the profit end???

With that money - I am using it to invest using the BRRRR method. 

Could it be a BAD investment strategy AND fraud in the disclosures, method of marketing securities and or providing misleading information?

Sometimes it can be difficult to collect and some landlords will keep any unpaid utilities out of the security deposit, though CA is one of the trickier states to do this in.

Sure, but again securing $500,000 isn't difficult.That said, liability coverage is lawsuit protection coverage just like it is for you. 

I've also used some more obscure companies in the seller financing world like Pioneer Title in Idaho (they call in Long Term Escrow Servicing) and Security Escrow in NM (recently purchased by Sunwest Escrow).