You should come to our Investor Meetup that was designed for investors on BP. 

The Flat Fee MLS listing services is a service designed for a narrow niche market of experienced sellers (and/or risk takers) ... nevertheless this niche market keeps growing with the advancements of Internet resources and online help an guidance ... good luck and use an attorney ... there are hundreds of variables.

They are, ironically, owned by California-based Fidelity Title.Until which time you have a signed contract that your seller can and will perform on as well as pass good title to a buyer that can and will satisfy the terms of the sale, you do not, as they say, have a deal.The mechanics of double escrow closings vary.

If you are targeting buy-and-hold folks, I assume that a conventional refinance is the most likely mechanism to fund their exercise of the option - if their credit is that good, they may be less likely to use you in the first place.  

I hired a very reputable home inspector to take a look at the mechanicals, wiring, foundation, and other structural components to ensure that the building itself was sound.

When I spoke with GC and let him know that I was going to withhold last payment, he advised me that he would be filing a mechanics lien against the property.  

Per contract designed by my RE attorney, I only reimburse his money after spent and with proof of receipt as with all other development costs.

What To DoThere are multiple different cleaners that are designed specifically to kill and eliminate molds and mildew.

All big ticket items are done(roof and sided 5yrs,mechanics 7-8yrs).

A little bit about me:I am an engineer (mechanical by education, industrial by trade), hoping to get started as a real estate investor in my spare time.