Here is what I can tell you:I will call a title company at 4:53 PM on a weekday, expect them to pick up the phone, and confirm within 2 minutes that they have a notary that can sign someone at 10 AM the next day.If they do not meet my expectations, that is a big fat negative mark in my book.When they do meet my expectations, as they typically do if it's a local branch with folks I've worked with before, it's a neutral mark in my book.Your market may be different, I don't know, but that should give you an idea for what someone in RE professionally expects from any decent title company. 

(as well as the info I linked could provide general RE knowledge too)Sorry your bell is so easily rung..

The above numbers are realistic for a fund that needs to buy consistently and can't wait to take only the fat pitches.

Some houses you have to belly crawl, some you can work standing, that's a big price diff, but usually we work with 7-15k on foundation reinforcement, usually 10k is plenty if you have a 28" crawl space, 3-5k on regular bath, and 120-150/sf on others.

I researched each one and discovered this which made it worth bidding, if not this would have been a big fat negative. 

Remember, when it comes to tax strategies: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

Look for projects with fat margins that allow you to screw up a lot.  

I cleaned it up, booted the fat slob with the illegal dog, got some good people in there, had two run-ins with the local meth heads that left one in handcuffs and made friends with all the beat cops.  

 $700 per month would be huge fat city living for me, as well as it would help me pull all the dents out of my credit in a short year.

If an employee is injured on the job, a company could go belly-up taking care of an injured employee.