Airbnb deposits are fake so it really doesn't matter with them.

feels kind of scam to just make up a fake company name

For the exact scenario you described, you would technically have broken your promise made at the closing table before the notary who took your fingerprints, according to my non-lawyer unqualified opinion. 

The premise of the Backyard Homes Project is to create a one-stop shop: Homeowners promise to rent their ADU to a Section 8 voucher holder for a minimum of five years.

I was just in contract on a promising house, but the due diligence period expired before I could get someone out to look at the foundation which had a stair step crack.

Don’t get taken by some property manager companies who promise to do everything and they will buy.

I must add that none of the reviews are fake or 3rd party contracted.

Give them a call, and ask them to connect you with the loan officers that specialize in renovation loans in their office.Make a few calls and I promise you'll find a few lenders willing to help.

There are always huge promises of how much business the investor is going to do, and requests to cut corners where corners shouldn't be cut, and when the contractor can't cram $50K worth of reno into a $30K budget, it's somehow the contractor's fault.

This will verify terms of their current verbal lease; monthly rent, no defaults, no special circumstances or promises by the landlord.