Secondly, is it common to do a normal application fee for background and credit?

More background is that my current rental is in Tucson, AZ valued at $340k with $175k left on the mortgage so the LTV is fine. 

If you have experience self-managing LTR, then the screening/background checks/setting up payments should be a breeze.

I have a background and education in Construction Engineering and worked in commercial construction for the better part of a decade while I was investing in residential real estate on the side.I've been in brokerage as a real estate advisor for the past 4+ years full time and I specialize in 2-4 unit residential multifamily which accounts for half of what I do (about 2 or 3 multifamily deals a month) and the other half consist of single family homes and condos.I grew up in San Diego and its all I know, I got my undergrad in Construction Engineering and Graduate degree in Business locally also.I am a big fan of starting off investing locally with low money down and that is how I personally started myself...I read a ton of books and listened to countless hours of podcasts but all the magic happened when I stopped reading and listening and started taking action.Welcome and feel free to send me a private message if you want to chat.

Will trade golf lessons for mentoring 😁 @Joshua Ostler As a professional golfer, your background may provide you with an advantage over other investors.

Some background: My husband and I closed on a piece of land in the City of Spartanburg in July with our LLC.

They need to have proof of insurance (indemnifying you) and can pass your background check (see your local unified judicial system website to search background).Where to find these tradespeople? 

Do they have a background in their offering?

We would just get comfortable and loving our job and then a merger would happen or some knucklehead at the top with no real lending background would come up with some "great idea" and shake things up.

There's very good reasons you have to be licesensed and pass a criminal background check to get a license.