Have you ever purchased a house warming gift (Maybe a cookies, or bottle of wine, etc) for buyers?

I know most of you will advise moving into private money, but keeping that aside for a moment, are there any strategy people used to save money while working with cookie cutter HMLs.

If there are nearby big-boy subs going in sometimes guys I know will go with those agents just to have a ready-made "in", i.e. that agent/agency is already working the subdivision so it's a natural push if they get someone that complains about cookie-cutter.2.

Based on your post, your operations likely include several things which would not be covered under a cookie cutter general liability policy. 

Selling houses is more of an art than a science as each seller, each buyer, each plot of land and each home is unique (unless you are in the cookie-cutter square box neighborhoods).  

They basically just unlocked the door and filled out a cookie cutter contract.

Nevertheless, a good source of info for these news outlets are #Twitter (can be overwhelming though), #VRMB (a private group of vacation rental managers run by Matt Landau (smart cookie), #VRMA, and a LinkedIn Group called Vacation Rental Managers.  

SBA lending is not as much of a cookie cutter product where you can say this deal is this rate or this much down.

Thank you Colton Cook I called the insurance and the person in charge of my claim knows the restoration company so I think that's good news.

Many of your corporate title shops do not have attorneys in the closing office and are thrown for a loop when a deal is not a cookie cutter residential transaction involving an agent for the buyer and an agent for the seller with a big bank funding the transaction.