You would want to filter the notes you look at with an eye on your exit strategy. 

The problem is that water can easily travel along joists and ceilings, so where you see the stain might not be where the leak is.

You could easily put all that equity to a more productive use.

I only got that the feeling that they were slow , busy , and easily annoyed. 

I do wonder, however, if now that folks can work more easily virtually, whether the circle around large cities like Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, or San Francisco may widen out to include tier 2 (50-100k population) or even tier 3 (20-50k) cities.

The house can be easily split into two parts.

We also do preventative maintenance, make sure gutters are clear, downspout extensions are on propperly, check the roof and flashings, HVAC (filters!)

If your county offers online access to official records, you can easily pull this information yourself without having to wait for the title company (minus the payoff figures).

Handymen can do that just as easily. 

The material is extremely high level and the reality is, it not as easily applied in every market.