If you are using a personal loan, are you essentially trying to look like a "cash buyer"?

They are buying a home, which is how I typically lose tenants.

Remodeled 3 bed-1 baths typically rent at $1000.  2 bed-1 baths go around $850-$900.  

Good contractors spend their days with a tool in their hands and its typically not a laptop.

Lender paid single premium typically means that the lender is bumping up the interest rate, above market rate, and paying off the lump sum charge from the insurance company in that manner.

Typically we would hold off on lease renewals unless otherwise advised during a sale.

They are typically locked in.

Essentially the same as a Quit Claim deed.

My Dad buys all cash, essentially self insures, and flies under the radar, so not an issue for him, though not the business model I personally prefer as mentioned.

Remember also that the banksters were not only guilty of predatory lending, they also packaged essentially worthless mortgages into "Mortgage-backed Securities" which they then sold on the open market.Too many "wrongs", few, if any, "rights".