I have been with Amex Apr 2016 with an everyday card with a limit of 2,000, then they auto increase it as you use it, then they pitched me the Platinum, I swiped it and got their $600 worth of bonus points (I believe I swiped 5-6k/mo, then I called them for a business and they recommended me the plum or plat, i took the plum and first month i moved all my purchases to test the limit of the card and see how far it goes, to my surprise, it got declined after going over 33k.

@Shantelle EvansI used to work for Intelliloans down in Irvine and our biggest competitor was Quicken Loan (sometimes Loan Depot and a few others). 

NO  it's to mixed up when you go to calculate interest on the security deposit,, like first year was 500 at 1 % then next year if you increase deposit to 600 you have to add 1 % to the original amount and it is a headache,Keep it simple,, match what your competitors are requiring for your area,, so some may not require last month's rent. 

We are also very well aware of what our competitors are buying and peddling, and will always hold out out for just the right property. 

And we also have seasoned investors, house flippers and all cash buyers as competitors.

Definitely check out other competitors to see what they are doing.

Hello BP, I was listening to a podcast (I believe it was recent, but could be wrong) about how a real estate investor won a big deal against multiple competitors with a low bid.  

In our experience, Cozy (backed by Google Ventures) has proven to be a very good competitor to Buildium especially as most of the services on its platform are free.

I say that as a competitor to Castle in property management, but someone that can respect and appreciate property managers that have a good heart working in a VERY tough city. 

I won't pay 300k but if they do a drop bid by chance I will pay 200k so I would get a cashiers check for the 200k.. and 99% of the time I just took it back to the bank.. but in those rare occasions when they did a drop bid you should have seen the forlorned looks on my competitors when I walked up to qualify and buy the deal for a dollar over...