The answer to your initial question, and post title is,..."

My role is to make sure that I'm confident in the team and investment philosophy after the initial due diligence. 

It is uncommon to see an initial escrow deposit of greater than $20-25k for most residential transactions.  

He begged and pleaded with her to let him stay and unfortunately she complied with his request.  

I am currently a consultant and I have a CPA but I am hoping to break into real estate investing initially on a small scale and continue to expend my real estate portfolio until it is a full time occupation.

I was initially taught  rental pricing per month/1% minus repairs minus assignment fee=MAO.

Many first time investors get excited about acquiring their first rental and focus more on minimizing their fees/rate on the initial loan then really focusing on the exit loan.

I am not sure how to make the initial purchase...If I use a private loan? 

Cashflow in the initial years is not important but breaking even would be great. 

When it comes to a dispute of any kind, payment processors are required to refund the money to the tenant immediately after this is initiated.