Most agencies have a Customer Service (Self Help) Function that will give you "straight from the horse's mouth" answers (or at least what the answer is today. 

JP, track record is a function of many factors, some of which:1.

The value, IMO, of entrepreneurship is difficult to assess in some cases, but could be viewed as the knowledge and skills required in accomplishing a similar function having similar risks and rewards.

Regardless of the function, the classification, or how it is classified by third parties, including financing, I would only do so if and when that specific commercial investment produced yields to my satisfaction, nothing more glamorous than that.

If I buy a 4 unit and know that everything is functioning (on some level) but past it's prime I already build in the capital cost right away to replace it in my offer.Many insurance will not insure older buildings for great rates if the roof, electrical, and plumbing has not shown to be all replaced and updated.

but they aren't necessarily required to organize every single property into an easily formatted excel file and hand it to you on a silver platter.

Well, it's what you'd expect at an event organized and hosted by Berlusconi.

I am not siding with the homeowner that is facing foreclosure and leaving a pet behind… But I know from dealing with many of them, they are just not thinking correctly… I have had situations (while they were under this pressure) that their reasoning skills are not functioning probably… Probably from the stress they are under.No excuse for it… As I feel this is an awful thing for someone to do… I think that in desperate times… People will do desperate things…

Companies such as our and other default/short sale servicing organizations work on a small flat rate fee charged to the seller (or anyone looking for account management services).

The discrepancies add up quick, and even if they're not "scamming" their certainly not functioning with integrity.