Deposit Insurance Concerns: In many countries, bank deposits are insured up to a certain limit by governmental agencies.

(side note: Dual Agency is not legal in every state. so it may not even be possible.)Next time you do find an agent, you need one who is a local expert and FULL TIME.

The only things I change are that I require a copy of their housing voucher (which tells me which agency they're with, how many bedrooms they're qualified for and if their voucher is still active) and I require only 1 months rent in income instead of 3.The rest is the same - I call every landlord they've had for the last 5 years, I check their background, credit, etc. 

Hi Chris,I am an operator and also have 50+ Real Estate clients with my advertising agency, many on whom are using Left Main.

Keep in mind, a good collection agency has about a 30% success rate.

The loan amount would be between 900k  - 1M which means it is just under Agency guidelines (know fannie goes lower but I don't think its worth the headache).

We use my construction team and my property management team, and I DO NOT charge myself agency fee's. 

Many people on BiggerPockets do both or a hybrid - they have a real estate business, like contracting, buyer/seller agency, lending, property management, tax prep, etc. 

With buyer agencies being required prior to a showing you may be limited.

She found out they were trying to cut her out of the deal, the owner will delay things till the agency agreement expires.