They can also be a good exit strategy for an investor who used a hard money loan and would like to refinance to pull cash out for their next investment property deal.

My title rep pulled a property profile on the house and it shows as a 2/2. 

Or even interesting to think about the ability to charge late fees. 

I would pull up outdated properties on the market, and walk the properties with the contractor to get bids on what to do..

If they are charging you an upfront fee, they are more than likely not legitimate.

Find anyone really to sign a quit claim or make them up, have it notarized (the notary's name is not on the GA notary list by the way), and then buy a property for $90k, you take a $8k hit on the fees, then you get back the overage paid to you by the city. 

My pet fees are $30 - $100.

Pulling the cash out that you paid for a property is called delayed financing and that allows you to pull the cash out, and with some lenders the closing costs you paid.

They know we're serious about late fee enforcement.

(I was communicated that their was a kitchenette permit pulled for the garage by my real estate agent during the purchase process. )Any suggestion for temporary solutions for this would be greatly appreciated.