(you should)  Collect as much information as you can during the application process - but forget to get a signature on one document (like the release of information to check prior LL references). 

@Matt Shields it can't happen: for these 30 days Sheriff department won't release the title.You'll get sheriff deed only after everything is final.

I had another one recently where I had to register a $50k mortgage on their property so that those funds could be released to them and they could go and put a deposit on their next purchase and pay some bills.So small deposits exist, but don't expect most sellers to be happy with it. 

Funds are released when this happens...and they are released to the closing table...not directly to the REI.2 - Once the Investment has been closed on, and income from it established, that income comes in that same escrow account, and is released in this order -    a - Pay the debt service on the Investment (step #1)   b - Pay the monthly payment to the original lender   c - Pay the rest of the cash flow to the REI

Some are flat rates for re-leasing, some are no-fees, some are a % of rent, some have maintenance call-out fees, some have in-house no fee maintenance calls.Questions:- Is it unrealistic to ask someone to meet up with me to walk the (vacant) properties with me and/or meet up nearby the occupied ones to show them the place?

More info on the preliminary IRS guidelines can be found here:  https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm04...Final IRS guidelines should be out by the end of the year.

If your agent didn't do what he promised, you should have asked for unconditional release.

have you had to release any of your properties yet? 

I would just tell them all that you can not release keys until rent is paid in full. 

Left the keys with the manager of the storage unit, with instructions for who to release them to.