I typically recommend Nation's title services as they have very low fees. 

Non refundable pet deposit of $250/pet with monthly pet fee of $20/pet required.

You also have to factor in the other costs in an exchange such as brokers fees and intermediary fees as well.

So you would take PITI + (any HOA, management fees) and make sure that rent is higher than expenses.

Some require lien releases to be signed, others didn't, but we always got them anyways, so as not to get ourselves in trouble.All of my loans had draw fees (typically $150-$250 per draw), and they all allowed me to pick the schedule of draws.  

Those funds are called an option fee.

I also take an 8% management fee on the properties now - I did not for the first year.

There are 80% options available, but often they come with chunky origination fees. 

One with 90+ members is great because it affords the HOA a lot of economies of scale with vendors thereby keeping HOA fees lower.Review the HOA financials and make sure they have a substantial reserve that would cover a hail storm deductible and/or other storm damage.Read the Bylaws to make sure they're rentable and check the pet limitations.Check the common grounds for any big ticket items that may need replaced soon.

In 99% of cases the seller will pay the buyer's agent share of commission but not a bad idea to ask what happens if we find a property where the seller isn't paying any buyer's commission - in which case if you're working with the agent then you should expect to pay whatever fee you work out with them.