If you had an agent, they can share it with you!

As an investor and agent here, let me know if you have any questions or want to connect

Not sure if this is depending on each lender since it is related to Federal.

This is fantastic research, and I would mostly agree with both of you, but as an investor and commercial/investment real estate agent in Syracuse I can confirm that we have the good and bad that comes with a lot of the cities in New York outside of NYC.

And even if you're not working with an agent, do you have someone advising you?

Now creating a list of General Contractors that I can seek to lead the rehab and happily bring them more business afterwards by referring them to a network of real estate agents and investors. 

The buyers agent will have you sign the form that clearly states what they require for commission.

I called the agent and acted like it was no big deal.

If your agent isn't knowedgable they can over or undersell you and that will affect your costs.An umbrealla policy was reccomended to me by my agent (a family member) and in general I think it is a really good idea and usually a  pretty cheap option for risk mitigation.I don't have a specific company to reccomend but hopefully this was helpful.

We have a great real estate agent but he only knows what he knows and can't predict the future.