The maintenance staff goes out to these properties daily & they send them in to the office staff to catalog, send to owners, make formal estimates, save for evidence in court etc....

I look at the MLS in my area and New Listings are going up daily.

Many topics of concern will be covered on a daily basis. 

Since you never know the exact date you will be paid off, it usually specifies the principal balance, any other charges, and the daily amount owed.

If they say 2 weeks, I will put in a due date for 3 weeks and add a bonus for finishing early and a daily penalty for being late.3) Get inspections.   

I guess I'll start getting daily phone calls now.What's next? 

I got six people living in this duplex, so daily usage should average 480 to 600 gallons per day.

., I’m learning something new daily with the VA loan and most likely I will be going 0 down and keeping the 4K for reserve. 

I'm not very active on a daily basis on BP anymore but I have hundreds of threads and thoughts!

This was a very long post, but it would appear that they had an apartment available immediately that you requested they hold at which point they essentially charged you daily rent to do so.