It's the whole brokerages policy, so all of the agents at HI RE Team do it.

It's good at a minimum to have a very short list.  3 out of those 4 you can probably select prior to purchasing something, the contractor piece is a bit more complicated depending type of project & size, you may be dealing with different contractors. 

It would be tough to find quality tenants to pay market rates prior to finishing the work so you may be sitting empty until everything is turned around.

According to our lease agreement, "... in the event of early termination by Tenant prior to completion of the original term of the Agreement, Tenant shall also be responsible for lost Rent, rental commissions, advertising expenses, and painting costs necessary to ready Premises for re-rental.

I'd like to move the homeowners insurance to a landlord policy with the other properties and then purchase an umbrella policy as an added layer for liability (none of the properties are currently in a LLC).

Prior, I worked in the music and multimedia industry as a Lead Audio Engineer and Audio Editor for audiobooks.

Do you provide move in and move out reports How many pictures do you take of the property prior to tenant moves in and after the tenant moves outDo you get weekly reports when the property is vacant what prospective tenants are saying about your homeDo you provide monthly newsletters to your tenantsDo you hold investor education classes to help me become a better investorDo you have single point portfolio based management services?

A commercial policy. 

A new policy has been implemented so my attorney and the bank has made it clear that the next thing before funding can be fully carried out is to have the loan insured in your name, the reason for the loan insurance is to protect you against any future lapses or default from your end to make repayment on time, the loan insurance policy need to be obtained in order to get funds across to you and the fee to have the loan insured is $3000 and the process will be completed before 24 hours.You need to make this payment today so we can finalize the loan later today.I await your response ASAP so we can proceed with the loan transaction.Note: The insurance fee is 100% refunded at the point of funding and you are expected to receive the insurance fee to be added to the loan amount at the point of funding (a total sum of $178,000.00 as against $175,000.00."

Any insights as to the best approach towards prior owners if you successfully bid on a property?