Wholesalers (no offense to those in the comments) who are doing this without being a foreign entity are probably co-wholesaling which is on the borderline and practically acting as an agent without a license or getting referral fees by having actual wholesalers on the ground doing deals and they just provide the leads which is different than wholesaling.

We tell tenants NOT to change their locks, we are happy to do so for them at no charge if they are ever afraid someone might have a key that they do not want to have a key.  

Hey @Keagan Scott, so I don't have any insight into Gary, IN but here is a blurb -"Those looking to rent out their properties for less than 30 days (about 4 and a half weeks) will have to get a permit, pay a one-time $150 fee, and have a city business license.

For now, it Looks like your roommate/tenant can cover half of your mortgage (plus hoa fees). 

However, it may be prudent to wait until you acquire property in that state to create the LLCs to avoid paying all the necessary filing fees when you have nothing going on yet.  

are they asking for up front fees? 

You can't charge extra pet rent or even a pet deposit because it's legally not considered a pet.

Additionally, there was no business license registered in the City of Atlanta.Suspicious Communication: The individual identified as Chris Anderson had a heavy foreign accent and provided convincing but dubious claims about the company's legitimacy.Questionable Financial Arrangements: Upon loan approval, the wiring instructions directed the loan fee to a Capital One checking account under the name of a supposed loan facilitator—a 85-year-old woman in Florida.

I do have two really good mentors / coaches I work with that would be able to provide more input but they do charge for their time.

Would the investor have to use an assignment contract between him and new end buyer to collect the mark-up fee aka assignment fee at closing?