If it requires a mobile closing we use Michigan Investment Title because they willclose anywhere at no cost unless it's a ruralarea but downside is they require wires for everything which alot of title companies are starting to require anyways.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Until the conditional use permit is applied for, an operator of a short-term rental is required to apply for a short-term rental permit.

-Do you require tenants to have renters insurance?

I wouldn’t worry about the higher dp because any investment property is going to require 20% down , like a DSCR  Let me know how that turns out!

Our last 15+ tenants that we've placed we've required online payments.

Lending capacity should only matter to those with large borrowing needs and require large legal lending limits but that wouldn't apply to hard money lenders anyway.

Assuming it simply won't happen, is failure to plan.

I've asked my clients a similar question and have developed tools for them to minimize this, but I find there are a few different types of clients.Manager managed - these folks have no issues as they simply upload their year end statement from their property manager, their 1098 mortgage statement and any other one-off expenses they may have paid for outside of the management company. 

Its great that the seller is will to carry a note in a seller 2nd as well, that will help reduce your require monthly payment with the right lenders.