I'm  working on "ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy and "Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur" by James Randel, all of which have I've taken some great ideas from.

Our lender’s instructions now require all acknowledgments by a notary employed by the title or escrow company.

I’m a controller, cfo, cpa, phi beta kappa, entrepreneur, construction worker, kaizen leader, willing to jump off the cliff into a deal, etc, etc.  

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Specifically i found that we had to coordinate keys, the seller move out, the closing times, wiring instructions, and various other little details to get the deal done... being this was our first one, it was unclear who communicates all of these as there was obviously no agents or brokers involved.  

On the resort site when you go to the link provided in the email it takes you to Edge where it asks for a group name and then your email address (which is different than the instructions in the email). 

We had our escrow instructions to title telling them they can record when they can put us in second position.. so we were good there.. that was another title claim I made and got paid off.. turns out the bad guy new when our title company had their recording slot and recorded the deed of trust just ahead of us..

Send them the lock code in pre-check-in instructions and at time of check-in (because not everyone reads the full message first time round), and automate a "how are you liking the place?"

Your instructions were spot on!

Forbid them or leave instructions for them?