Comparing rates and terms across lenders can also help you secure the best deal.

I am a fellow investor also looking for my first property but I also have a contracting and property management company.

Hi Benjamin,Start by reaching out to relocation companies, insurance housing providers, and major employers in the area who may need temporary housing for executives or displaced employees.

Quote from @Catherine Ashmead: Does anyone know of good companies in Arizona that I can contact?

The brokerage I use has a list of contractors, inspectors, trash companies, etc.

As far as a flat rate, I would talk to companies offering services as mine and ask. 

My company scans and analyzes thousands of properties a day and I can say there are definitely better markets than others!

It also appears Investor's Edge may have rebranded from their old company name "Do Hard Money".Propstream screenshot:"Investor's Edge/Dohardmoney" screenshot:

Additionally, ATCP 134.05 says that if the tenant provides a consumer credit report from an agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis and it is less than 30 days old, the landlord may still run a credit check but at its own expense.When I inquired with the company, they replied: "These laws are in place to ensure that you, as a landlord, are not profiting by incentivizing multiple applicants to apply when you have no intent to rent to them.

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