Have you discussed with your title company? 

You would have to convince title companies who have a stronghold on the industry to adopt this.2.

Without a company is fine to start.

There are plent of companies out there that will go up to 80% loan to value (LTV) on investment properties using either full doc underwriting or bank statement underwriting. 

Maturana, and I am the founder of RAPT Hospitality, a craft catering and event management company serving New York City, Miami, and Amsterdam.As I delve deeper into the real estate world, I’m eager to explore various investment strategies, including house hacking, the BRRRR method, rental properties, creative hospitality ventures, triple net investments, vacation rentals, syndications, and joint ventures.

@Kenneth P FordRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Yes, this is quite a common practice for professional PM companies.

Yes, I would contact the pest control company and demand they pay the cost of repairing this.

There are multiple billion dollar companies dumping money into the city, such as Intel, Google, Honda, and Amazon.

I would go with a hail resistant 30 shingle then you get a discount from the insurance company .