You will need a local attorney to close on a house.  

You can certainly negotiate some closing costs from the seller on the buy side.

Everything on my side was set to close, and then today the seller is refusing to close on Monday as they have not moved a few pieces of furniture they were supposed to get movers for.

Maintenance/cap ex, insurance, if a rental PM, bookkeeping, misc.The fact you have a loan means 1) leverage 2) equity pay down.In addition, there are tax benefits.So I will do some rough underwriting as an OO non-rental at 95% LTV (because FHA has some undesired consequences that make the 1.5% difference in LTV worth avoiding the FHA).equity paydown: 20% (using OP interest rate at 95% LTV and not counting closing costs). 

I have closed three loans with The Mortgage Shop.

Overall, the market continued to slow with the fewest closed sales since 2016.

Quote from @Ryan Davies: We have heard of them but have chosen not to close deals through them since we have found better options.

The lender rep or broker you are working with should be able to walk you through each step so you have a firm understanding of what has to happen in order to get your file to closing. 

25 inspection, 25 closing, 1 loan.

In those cases, the title company guided us on the necessary steps to resolve the title issues, and we did whatever was required to close the deal.