Great system and good checks.Some other good ones are:mysmartmove.com (transunion)TurbotenantAvailRentspreeI'd just see what's going to work best with your overall property management system... aka how are collecting rent, communicating with tenants, collecting maintenance issues, etc.

Say they want a Sept 1st move in, then I would let them move in a week or two before the first at no cost, as long as they sign the lease and pay the sec dep and Sept rent prior to getting keys.Otherwise just ask what it would take to get them to move forward and you might just get an answer.Loved* that response     Hopefully they can communicate as well as you do, thank you Brian

The agreement should last 4-5 days.If I don't like that home, and I think I want to engage a buyer agent for more in depth services over a longer period of time, then I will entertain other buyer representation agreements, but I will not agree to over 2%, which is the maximum recommended by the Consumer Federation of America.To be fair, if my needs required my buyer agent to show me 30+ homes, or preview them since I am out of town, or something else that took an extraordinary amount of the agent's time, I would consider more than 2%.

My point that I am trying to drive home is that most lenders are within a pretty tight shot group, and I would rather pay $500 - $1000 more for better advice, better service, better follow up, better communication etc. 

I understood that the lender wanted their return & the contractor wanted their fair price for services and in doing so (because purchase price became EVERYTHING) I had the room in the numbers to make it happen.

If the answer is no, then that is a clear fair housing violation.

If they are month to month you can give them 30 days notice, we give 60 as we feel that it is fair.

This allowed me to negotiate a fair purchase price of $125,000, securing a deal that had strong potential for appreciation and cash flow.

Based on the other rents you've seen, what is a fair rent rate?"

Different rules apply to brokers and property management companies, but the state is much more Laissez-faire with unlicensed homeowner landlords.