If you're making or arranging loans secured by real estate, sounds like there is an idiot for an attorney if he specializes in financing, but it's something I'd expect to hear from slip and fall type. 

@Lisa Kohl and @Jonna Weber both arrange regular meet ups in the Boise area.  

The arrangement consisted of me finding the property, Remodeling the property, Finding tenants, and managing the property from that point on.

Title companies insure from the last insured transaction, called a "starter" and utilize reciprocal arrangements with prior insured transactions"In order to satisfy a title underwriter the a secured debt has been paid and eliminated as an exception, besides an affirmative response from the lienholder, including a demand with a zero balance and release and satisfaction or reconveyance, you can alternatively move the risk elsewhere.

If you also have personal funds consider partnering up with your IRA under a tenants-in-common arrangement.

 @Zachary Curry:So it's not possible to arrange for the money to be deposited in my bank?

For example ~ and this has happened many times to me ~ I look at a property here in western NY state, the assessed value is $50,000, I've arranged for an appraisal for $350, and the appraisal comes in at $35,000!!

@Amy LuYou can most certainly arrange for a testing of the meter as indicated by others.  

@Sarah Anne A typical arrangement I've seen is the PM will not charge for advertising if there is not a cost too it (e.g. craigslist, the PM's own website, sign in front; though in truth there is a cost to them in terms of time), but the owner pays if there is a cost (e.g. newspaper classified). 

They will likely send an inspector to show compliance with city code depending on the type of store fronts (e.g. a restaurant setup will have different requirements in many cases than an art studio, for example).I would certainly invest in getting individually city metered utilities so that the tenants pay their own utility bills and there is not some messy shared arrangement that you have to deal with.