Not sure if we can mention names specifically here in the forums so you'll want to search Google for rent collection for landlords or similar.Highly recommend having security deposit and rent hit a separate bank account from your personal. 

These sellers are not motivated by distress, but if a seller does engage and declines to pay the commission, will the representation agreement suffice to secure compensation, or will we still need to execute the compensation disclosures?

You would need to file a proof of claim for the monies owed and hope you secured it by a deed of trust.

This includes understanding your budget, securing financing if needed, and determining what you can comfortably afford.Research is key.

You will then need to ensure you can program ,manage, secure and distribute the conditions of the contracts and the reimbursement of the coin.

Leveraging strategic market appeal, we turned it around the same day, securing a sale at $160,000.

Also look at having a security alarm and cameras put in.

The fed did lower rates more or less directly in 2008 when they started buying agency mortgage backed securities which sets mortgage rates directly.

@Joe S.I would say BP does a good job as well as its membersFor example when peerstreet went under people were on BP blasting them because “they did not know” they invested in unsecured debt because they noted they invested in secured loansBut if you read the literature it was clear the investors were unsecured even though the company invested in secured loans (which this structure is not uncommon) - they were called out for this.There are components related to communication that cannot be verified unless posted but most documents and property transfers (like the one I assume is referenced in the start of this post) cannot be disputed.

By leveraging our financial resources alongside Ron's contributions, we were able to secure the property quickly and allocate funds efficiently for the $25,000 renovation.