Title insurers are free to offer or withhold owners and lenders policies as market and competitive pressure dictate.

I can't believe there is a signed contract with specific languages dictating behaviors of both sides - Buyer AND Seller, and yet Fannie Mae breaks their rules all the time, never met any of their deadlines, and suffers no consequences.

So you can dictate pretty much everything they do, which you can't do with a big Management Firm. 

For example, if your mortgage is recorded in Book 123, Page 456 but the release purports to release a mortgage at Book 124, Page 456 and the instrument at that Book and Page is a restriction encumbering a different property, logic would dictate what mortgage the release was intended to affect.This is not legal advice, just my opinion and I hope it helps.

What does the market dictate?

Of course there are many other variables dictating whether or not a deal is "good."

The greatest thing about a capitalist society is that price dictates what is fair. 

Don’t know about you but I would rather work with someone I have a relationship with and acccept a slightly lower return when market dictates Lower returns then chase a higher return with a different investor.

It's not that hard in Michigan...if you're:1 -in the right market2 - Know how to "use" money like a chess game3 - Have a plan based on a series of achievable goals that dictates "when" and "what" you invest in...and you stick to it.If you thoroughly understand, and can implement all three of these disciplines, at the same time, as a "team"...and none of the three are more important (or less) than the other two, you can do it easily. 

It just goes to show you how much real estate is dictated by nearby job availability and opportunity (and yes, damn you Amazon).