You need to do your diligence on what is included from each.Since it seems like you are at the very beginning of your investing journey, here are a couple things to know:Most lenders for large deals will mandate who your inspector will be, or at least have a small list of the companies they will accept from.  

My goal is to not make my first offer so generous that the seller accepts it without making a counter offer. 

You can also list non exclusive with agents and then if you find a tenant yourself dont pay commision. 

I accept that I won’t have every detail figured out, but I know for sure that doing nothing leads to zero progress.

DSCR loans are not mutually exclusive to the BRRRR strategy.

Thus we were not going to accept the deed in lieu because we would then owe the PM.

I just accepted your friend request and followed you bac 🙂

This does not mean you can leave the unit vacant for 6 months (not that I'm accusing you of wanting that) but it also does not mean you can be forced to accept a less desirable tenant nor can you be forced to lower your rent.

You never know who will apply, and you are not obligated to accept them.

However, $1K is much higher than what we pay.We do not allow partial payments and I find it curious that your PM accepted that.