Does he have a leg to stand on? 

That may give you a leg up if you are a cash buyer or using irregular financing. 

I’m already submitting offers for my second property and plan to scale to 1 flip/month, which at my current pace seems more than doable considering the amount of leg work their system offloaded with my first deal.

Southern California/Orange county where the home price appreciation has been crazy.

want to do the same on my property in Orange County. i can see it being argued as 2 ways..

I would scour any documentation that gives you a leg up here as @Jeff S. hit the nail on the head this is something you should review before choosing a lender but all is not lost!

That will get into probably the top 20% of listing alone, since so many seem to be "throw in there whatever you got", so you get blue and grey towel in one bathroom, orange and red in the next, different sheets, pillows, throws, etc.As for what I would be asking of my designer: first you need a place that stops people from scrolling.  

Nothing beats good old fashion leg work. 

if the home is listed for sale with an agent, and the AGENT is refusing to provide the rent roll, even after you've followed up a few times, that's a no. if you're using a buyer's agent, maybe they can do the leg work of trying to get that info out of them.

Orange County?