The bird dog doesn't interact with the property owner, doesn't make offers and doesn't tie up a property with a purchase contract. 

I look forward to learning and interacting with everyone on the site.Thanks,Nick

You state that you are fully committed, but you don't even have your profile set up and you haven't made any interaction with the community. 1) Make your profile 100% complete.2) Interact with the community some.  

Rick's guidance on the school systems is really helpful to-haven't even checked that out yet.Thanks for all the interaction.

Do they interact well with everyone?

I would like advice on what questions to ask specifically and what to expect/hope to pay as an investor calling up a local title company for a preliminary title report, without any previous interactions with the company.

I agree - BP is like a fully interactive book, with more information than all the guru courses put together :) Don't forget to add a photo to your profile, and be sure to check out the "Start Here Page."

The following is an overview of the interaction between the seller and I, as well as my actions taken so far.

Back in March, BiggerPockets Publishing published The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by author @J Scott and the response has been extraordinary.*** We've now sold over 5,000 books ***Both J and I have gotten a ton of awesome feedback about the books and we're really pleased that they have proven to be so valuable to so many of you.We do have one favor to ask you guys . . . if you've read the books, please do two things if you haven't already:Leave us an honest review of the book(s) on Amazon (link to both books here).

Post your questions, and interact with others.