Because the latter one is negotiated between you and your own agent, it shouldn't be too late in the game to put that one on the table.For the lurkers and for future deals for you @Darius Moezinia, you as a buyer can pick the company you want and have your agent write right there in the addenda "title shall be X company, escrow shall be with Y company" (In NorCal title/escrow are amalgamated, down there you can/do have different firms).I disagree with the way title/escrow fees are traditionally handled in California.

Others may disagree...this post is only my personal experience on ONE property.I ran into a deal on CL.

And I have made sure I paid the last invoice - even though I disagree - when the property is still under my possession. 

I wouldn't disagree with @Garry C.

@Austin Richey, I strongly DISAGREE with @Eric Le's suggestion of putting it into education and marketing for the purpose of becoming yet another newbie wholesaler.

As for locating deals within the MLS listings, I don't disagree with you.

That is a good question because I've read some members agree and other disagree.

So I disagree about people cringing.

I disagree, completely.  

So I would disagree with the notion that only damage to the property can be applied to the security deposit.2) In this instance, since you don't have that in the lease, I would threaten the tenant that you are going to withhold $500 for failing to comply with the lease terms and allow you to enter in a safely controlled environment (i.e put your dog up).