I asked preferred vendor but lady on phone said you can use anyone available.

I suspect that this lady may be involved in the scam and then takes a cut of any money wired to the supposed lender. 

I tried telling her there would be other houses but this lady was just crazed. 

Lady I spoke with back in January made me mad.

I have been using them for 2 years and have not had any hiccups yet (fingers-crossed that continues).....with all that said, a good rule of thumb as a responsible owner is that you still need to pay attention to your balance sheet because human nature occurs and some things can fall through the cracks.

I Just had a lady call me on a deal we did 6 years ago for and she always calls me for anyone in distress, or needs to sell (that one was from a lender that knew I did flips). 

@Cody Evans@Sean OToole  Cody this is off topic so OP don't yell at me.. but any one working distressed real estate on the west coast the very first thing they need is Property radar app .. hands down the best tool out there.. we snagged an off market deal last year that has over 300k in equity.Of course we pay cash that helps.. but this tool is super cool the info at your finger tips and it so cheap as to be a no brainer..

@Anthony Finger The same as any other place, it depends on what tenant profile you are looking for.

Fingers crossed this car will last me another 3-5 years.

@Benjamin Barredo I have a lady from the Philippines who is a VA and also trains cold callers to do calls for real estate investors.