Today question is Universal Life Insurance (provider,) I am looking recommendations for companies that work with real estate investor?

Are most of you including things like property insurance, etc in your CoC calculations?

I had doubts and still have some but now it sounds like those may have been necessary for their loan program after learning why it's a lower risk and FDIC insured requires that. 

Typo- topic is supposed to say, first time homeowner looking to get into real estate investing but facing a dilemma!

All the hard money lenders I've worked with in the past (and the one I currently work for) deem an appraisal necessary for risk management purposes to insure AIV and ARV estimates are good.Curious how you'd manage risk without one? 

I don't think it should matter if the deal is seller financed, cash, or hard money; the title search and insurance process should be the same.

Option 2 with second lender is, get an FHA loan at 3.5% and use the concession to buy discount points and bring a 6.2% interest rate down to a 5.4% permanent buy down, putting me at around $3,450.00 monthly PITI and also adding 8k to the top of the loan for mortgage insurance.

I bought from a primary homeowner in Indianapolis metro area who took really good care of this home (I did live in this house and rented it out when I moved back to California) and from a flipper in Indy more recently.As far as primary homeowners, they can range from taking really good care of the house to someone who has a lot of deferred maintenance - I renovated a local property that had a lot of issues.  

You have a mortgage on it so no one's going to go after you; you'll just need good rental insurance and (recommend) an umbrella policy. $200-300 per month isn't great, so make sure it really makes sense to keep it as a rental.

Using escrow company & title insurance will protect you from an unwanted surprise.