Each portion of the work scope should be broken down within the draws so that things are done in an orderly fashion, and you should only pay for work that is completed and has been verified in person by yourself or your trusted appointee (who should have construction experience and be independent of the contractor).  

I guess I'll do it the old fashioned way, and not close until they are out, and I do my final walkthrough.  

You have to advertise for investors or find them the old-fashioned way using belly-to-belly conversations and networking.  

Are there any services that just allow users to complete an online application and then for the landlord to easily download it all to go through their process the old fashion way?  

The 1st technique What did you realistically expect to get The 2nd technique using rangesThe 3rd technique talk about a ficticious buyer through an agent to knock 6% of the priceA mistake I find many investors that have trouble getting the seller to come down in a fashion that still keeps both you the buyer and the seller feeling good, it’s a mistake in negotiating price.How to get the sellers to participate in the financing?

I was going to try to save out a few pieces of the linoleum to fashion @Dawn Anastasi's trick of lining the bottoms of sink cabinets with it to prevent future warping.  

If you can tell us how you are going about finding deals then we will be able to help you in a more detailed fashion.

The following examples illustrate suspicious commercial real estate transactions or activities likely conducted to facilitate money laundering.1.A U.S. bank reported that funds were being transferred between several real estate- related accounts in a circular fashion for no apparent legitimate reason.

I would love to ask questions and get more involved.I have slowly been buying rental properties for the past five years using the old fashioned and conservative method.

Everything's right on schedule.Since then I've been hammered with more properties (Not complaining) however, my problem is, I'm not getting consistent information regarding the properties I've received, and the info lacks some basic info at times, i.e ARV, Sqft, Built date, Comps, contract signed date, some don't have Photos or a drop box link, etcI would like to present available properties to my buyers that we are working on in a better fashion than as of late, and have not been successful in having this person complete a spreadsheet with the details I require to put together an effective presentation or at least a one page info sheet.