I work as an U/W for a REIT in Boston, multifamily agency lending.

Kris over at Anderson Agency is who we use on all of our deals.

(b) The lien for taxes or assessments or other rights of any taxing agency that does not consent to the sale under this chapter.

For all properties, I am thinking of getting one insurance agency help find the landlord insurance company for all properties.

Also, my tracking information is based only on properties that were listed with Southern REO, which was HUD's preferred regional listing agency to which I worked as sales agent & sales manager for nearly 3 years.

Do you care to share your experiences with the VA system and would you mind sharing which agency you ultimately went with and found the most success?

I would at minimum send them to an outside collections agency.

I use them for all my STR and MTR policies. comments above are correct tell the insurance broker/agency EXACTY what you are doing and they can give you the best policy 

Should I hire a collection agency?

Todd,A Reverse Mortgage or HECM loan is an Agency backed mortgage that allows you to access a portion of your equity with no payment required, the interest you're not paying gets added to the loan.