I don’t know where you are looking but you may want to shop other turn key providers, or start making relationships with property managers on your own.

I'm working on my first flip property and currently shopping for insurance right now while waiting for the inspection.

Pricing shopping is the obvious benefit, but perhaps more important is to have your deal underwritten by several lenders.

It stays active for something like 30 days, so if they’re shopping around, it can be used for any other properties they’re interested in that are listed on Zillow.

Nor is it ever talked about from brokers I know that own shops.. must be a regional thing..

If you plan to pay them, be prepared to pay $100/hr from the time they leave their shop/house/site to the time they get back plus any office time they put in for the estimates assuming you're in NY because you never said where it was you were looking

I got a deal at a great price (wholesaler brought it to me specifically instead of shopping it around) and then I decided to re-wholesale it...I made a good profit and kicked the original wholesaler a couple thousand extra.

What you will learn in a smaller, less financially-demanding building can be applied to much larger buildings, hopefully, in your future.Having said that, since you are just shopping, why not shop both? 

I started off the adventure with a marathon shopping adventure Friday night at three different Lowes stores to get all the parts needed for the electric and water hookups. 

I recently shopped around the Eanes and Westwood areas and ended up moving to Round Rock because the prices were so outrageous.