This is a good place to "paper trade" and start learning.

The term one-armed paper hanger came to mind many times.I see a guy working next door that I have been watching and he does really good work.

Toner and copier paper cost.

As well, if you are licensed as a RE Agent, your Broker may or should have an office policy papering this type of transaction.

All this should have be lined out on paper and signed before anything bought to clarify everybody's roles and compensation for said roles.

On paper everything looked great.

I think a lot of the time hml's/pml's sometimes don't really know what paper work is necessary and sufficient and therefore include everything possible just to be "safe".

But I would be peeved that they don't have their own inspector; the fee should be minimal in that case because you're just paying for a clerk to file papers, and not for somebody who has some training and thus gets paid a bit more.

Here is an example of what we were able to do with a local lender in PHX: -- Bought six condo's at a total all-in cost of ~$500k in Nov. 2012 -- Refinanced with a blanket portfolio loan in Dec. 2012 using 70% of the appraised value ($600k) --5% fixed rate for 10 years, 15 year amortization, closing costs rolled into the loan Though we were happy with the ability to lump all the properties into 1 mortgage and the rate; the 15 amoritization really hurts the cashflow...but I feel this is common with local banks that hold the paper.

(these are the steps that worked for me) I printed used microsoft word, setup specific line spacing and page settings according to the paper I was using, and printed on 8 1/2 by 11 yellow legal pad from staples.