- You or the PMC can get 3 bids, but who is going to know how to accurately compare them and understand if something is missing - that will require more work+charges once the project has started (a standard tactic by many contractors!)?

Some try to charge an up front fee.

one thing is your lending your money way under what private money should charge. unless your just doing your friends a favor..

Would you be willing to share what you charge for your transactional funding loans?

You can theoretically have a higher rate from one lender with lower origination fees and total finance charges may come in lower.  

I can do that through charging points, but since I'm getting it at a lower rate than you could as a consumer, I prefer to mark up the rate while still being lower than most others in the market.

They often think they're the smartest people in the room and, as such, they should be in charge. 

The brother and his son had been living in the house, free of charge, for years, and were gaming the system.

As you know, marketing and price are both very important, and vacancy will significantly impact your income, so you are almost always better off charging a lower price and getting it filled with a good tenant.  

The agents are charged for this service no matter what so it's difficult for the agent to service from a time and financial perspective.