And if the bank isn't concerned with price, why wouldn't it reduce the price per my request anyway (I imagine there must be an auction/sale procedure required by the mortgage insurer, so maybe the bank doesn't have that discretion)?

Consider the following example: In the 1950’s the major commercial airlines got together at a conference in Poland to devise a uniform safety procedure.

I already have experience with buy and Hold properties overseas, just need to study the market and all procedures in here as it's different.

Just slapping on roof tar in the area is a recipe for future disaster.As for anything suspicious, (unless you are trained and test it, you do not 100% know it is mold), mold procedures are; remove it, remediate and encapsulate. 

Having handled them, evictions are sometimes necessary though they can be somewhat lengthy, taxing, and legal procedures has to be followed - hence why it is best to screen well especially when you self-manage - but it is not as bad as it sounds. 

NIcholas Cook at Sleep Sound Property Management is in Portland and is certainly one of the finest PM's on the west coast. email me if you want his contact info because stupid BP won't let me put it in the reply here!

(NOT hobby)I really need a policy and procedures manual in place ASAP.

IF dishonest, deception, and lies are the standard operating procedure of any business, I won't be associated with them.

I'd give them check-in procedures to do it on their own at that point.

Does anyone have any experience providing a property manager with a procedure manual?